US Patent Issued to PREMIERE on Nov. 25 for "Mechanically actuated tubular drilling, reaming and running tool with slip set control" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,368, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PREMIERE INC. (Houston).

"Mechanically actuated tubular drilling, reaming and running tool with slip set control" was invented by Kris Henderson (Houston) and Jayaram Subramanian (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various devices/methods to move a set of slips and control gripping force on a tubular are disclosed. The slips may be part of a mechanically-actuated casing running tool. The slips may be moved into and out of engagement with a tubular member by rotating a portion of the tool. The rotation may be applied from top drive unit. Set down force or other frictional measures on a pipe ...