US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 28 for "System and methodology for selective actuation of a downhole device" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,875, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"System and methodology for selective actuation of a downhole device" was invented by David Clayton (Angleton, Texas), Jerome Prost (Clamart, France), Brad Swenson (Friendswood, Texas), Michael Jasper (Saint Johns, Fla.), Gabriel Isaicu (Missouri City, Texas) and Dongyang Chen (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates actuation of flow control valves or other types of downhole devices. According to an embodiment, the downhole devices are coupled with corresponding first hydraulic control lines for hydraulically act...