ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,227, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"System and methodology for utilizing anchoring element with expandable tubular" was invented by Samuel Roselier (Bruz, France), Romain Neveu (Bruz, France), Robin Laupie (Bruz, France) and Gwenael Tanguy (Bruz, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates improved anchoring of expandable well tools along a wellbore or other type of borehole. According to an embodiment, a well tool is sized for placement along a well string. The well tool comprises a tubing and an expandable tubular coupled to the tubing. The expandable tubular...