ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,466, issued on May 20, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Liner hanger system and method with non-pressure sensitive actuation" was invented by Juan Pablo Macin Moreno (Rosharon, Texas), Jose Hurtado (Houston), Mikhail Gotlib (Houston), George Telfer (Aberdeen, Great Britain) and Stephen Lewis (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates reducing or eliminating the risk of premature actuation of a liner hanger system and/or premature release of a miming tool. According to an embodiment, the technique utilizes a running string for deploying a liner hanger assembly hav...