ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,534, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS INC. (Newcastle, Okla.).

"Accessing wells below an obstruction or discontinuity" was invented by Toby Menard (New Orleans), Andrew M. Ferguson (Moore, Okla.), Roger L. Schultz (Ninnekah, Okla.), Steven A. Ariss (Boyers, Pa.), Dustin Locklear (Moore, Okla.) and Nigel Rowcliffe (Mount Pleasant, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a tubular string with a drilling bottom hole assembly connected at a distal end of a coiled tubing including a communication line permitting communication between surface instrumentation and the drilling bottom hole assembly, and...