ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,590, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Robertson Intellectual Properties LLC (Mansfield, Texas).
"Radial cutting apparatus with swirl diverter" was invented by Michael C. Robertson (Mansfield, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial cutting apparatus with a swirl diverter. The radial cutting apparatus is adapted to be conveyed within a conduit disposed within a wellbore and to cut the conduit. The radial cutting apparatus comprises a body, a combustible material configured to produce combustion products when the combustible material is ignited, and a swirl diverter configured to direct the combustion products radially outward to...