ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,903, issued on May 27, was assigned to The WellBoss Co. LLC (Houston).
"Downhole tool with backup ring assembly" was invented by Martin P. Coronado (Fulshear, Texas) and Derek S. Payne (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool suitable for use in a wellbore, the downhole tool having a packer chassis. There is a first fingered member disposed on the chassis, and also a second fingered member disposed on the chassis. In a run-in configuration, the first fingered member has a slot proximately aligned with a midpoint of a finger of the second fingered member."
The patent was filed on Feb. 2, 2023, under Application No....