ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,347, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Stranded fiber-optic cable" was invented by Joseph Varkey (Richmond, Texas), Maria Grisanti (Missouri City, Texas) and David Kim (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic bundle for incorporation into a cable for use in a well. The bundle includes multiple fiber optic threads that are helically wound about one another at a zero degree lay angle for structural reinforcement. Further, the cable that employs the bundle may be coupled in nature and gas proof thereby rendering the fiber optics mechanically responsive for improved accu...