ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,368, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Shroud-embedded control line clamp" was invented by Michael Dean Langlais (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sand screen joint for use with a control line. The sand screen joint may include a shroud having a channel extending longitudinally across the shroud and a control line clamp coupled to the shroud. The control line clamp may include a base having a profile that aligns with the channel of the shroud and a lid that engages with the base to retain the lid in a closed position and to retain the control line within the control line cl...