US Patent Issued to TARGET COMPLETIONS on Nov. 18 for "Release assist assembly, and method, for double grip packer with opposed slips" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,796, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TARGET COMPLETIONS LLC (Broken Arrow, Okla.).

"Release assist assembly, and method, for double grip packer with opposed slips" was invented by Joseph Clark (Lago Vista, Texas) and Michael Thomas Sommers (Broken Arrow, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A release assist assembly and method for downhole tools, and a double grip packer having the release assist assembly installed therein wherein the release assist assembly operates under high downhole pressure conditions to relax and decompress the packing element of the packer to allow the slips of the packer to be released for mechanically ret...