ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,266, issued on Oct. 14, 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 a piston configured to move in response to a force exerted thereon by a pressurized fluid. The slickline stuffing box also includes a packer element positioned above the piston. The packer element is configured to compress axially and expand radially, in response to movement of the piston, to seal around a slickline to contain a pressure within a wellbore during a slickline wellbore interventi...