ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,124, issued on March 4, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Mechanically responsive fiber optic thread assembly" was invented by Joseph Varkey (Richmond, Texas), David Kim (Katy, Texas), Maria Grisanti (Missouri City, Texas), Tam Tran (Sugar Land, Texas) and Burcu Unal Altintas (Richmond, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic thread assembly configured with a cumulative gap for mechanical responsiveness and protection from micro-bend damage. The assembly may be incorporated into a wireline or slickline cable for obtaining fiber optic readings of enhanced accuracy during an application in a...