ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,822, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Wireline cable cutting release" was invented by William Rohr (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples herein include systems and methods for severing a cable to retrieve the cable while leaving the head and downhole tool in a wellbore. A cable cutting device for severing a cable configured to provide support in a well includes a head, a rope socket assembly configured to engage an end of the cable and configured to be at least partially supported by the cable, the rope socket assembly positioned within the head, an actuator...