ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,214, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Conveyance apparatus, systems, and methods" was invented by Julien Toniolo (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus can have a seal module located at an upper portion thereof. The apparatus can also have a mud line formed through the upper portion of the apparatus and a mud outlet in fluid communication with the mud line. The apparatus can also include a mud pulser adjacent the mud outlet, wherein the mud pulser is configured to be actuated to open, partially close, and close the mud outlet."

The patent was filed on Jan....