ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,591, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Tally Production Systems LLC (Houston).

"Apparatus for slip and wedge systems" was invented by Douglas Davison (Canyon Lake, Texas) and Chad Picciotti (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments presented provide for a method of making as well as an apparatus for holding a hydraulic fracturing plug in a desired position within a wellbore. The hydraulic fracturing plug is configured with a slip and wedge system to maintain the desired position within the wellbore."

The patent was filed on Aug. 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/899,813.

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