ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,220, issued on June 3, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Laser cladding fishing tool" was invented by Sameeh Issa Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole fishing tool for retrieving an object from a wellbore includes a main body assembly configured to be positioned in the wellbore, a cladding material disposed on an edge of a downhole end of the main body, and a lens configured to direct a laser beam along the cladding material when the cladding material is in contact with the object, thereby welding the fishing tool to the object such that, when welded, pulling the tool ...