ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,343, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TCO Group AS (Indre Arna, Norway).

"Plug breaker" was invented by Tommy Eriksen (Voss, Norway) and Richard Hagvag Ringstad (Indre Arna, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft open preventer system including: a preventer tubular, a soft open preventer, a channel system, and a downhole tool. The soft open preventer includes a preventer support and a preventer release element. The channel system includes a channel, a channel release, and pressure applier. The downhole tool includes a tool release element. The soft open preventer, the downhole tool, and the channel system is arranged at least...