US Patent Issued to TEXAS HIGHLAND HOLDINGS on Nov. 4 for "Valves for well systems and methods of operating same" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,506, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TEXAS HIGHLAND HOLDINGS LLC (Conroe, Texas).

"Valves for well systems and methods of operating same" was invented by Malcolm Perschke (Conroe, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for use in a hanger body of a well system comprises a valve body. The valve body comprises an exterior surface comprising three segments. A first segment of the exterior surface is configured with a helical thread to engage a counter-threaded portion of the tubing hanger body. A second segment of the exterior surface is configured as an essentially circumferential groove to accommodate an essentially toroidal se...