ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,214, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Liner hanger slip retention system and method" was invented by Carlos Moreno (Rosharon, Texas), Michael Underbrink (Eureka, Mo.), Kameron Lee Klauber (Rosharon, Texas), Martin Hernandez (Pearland, Texas) and James Rounding (Rosharon, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates deploying and setting a liner hanger assembly while securely retaining liner hanger slips during running-in-hole. The liner hanger assembly may comprise a variety of components such as a mandrel, a cone, a plurality of slips, a retention ring, and an act...