ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,332, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Convertible slickline stuffing box" was invented by Prabhu Jagadesan (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slickline stuffing box includes one or more packer elements that are configured to compress axially and expand radially to seal around a slickline to contain a, pressure within a wellbore therebelow during a slickline wellbore intervention. The slickline stuffing box also includes a valve configured to be positioned below the one or more packer elements in a first configuration of the slickline stuffing box and above the one...