US Patent Issued to Tubular Technology Tools on April 22 for "Systems and methods for running tubulars" (Colombian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,534, issued on April 22, was assigned to Tubular Technology Tools LLC (Fulshear, Texas).

"Systems and methods for running tubulars" was invented by Jairo Gutierrez Infante (Funza, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular running tool equipped with a mandrel having an elongated body with a longitudinal axis. The mandrel is configured with a plurality of offset stepped ramps. A plurality of slips are disposed on the mandrel with stepped ramps configured for complementary engagement with the mandrel offset ramps. The mandrel is configured for actuation to urge the slips radially outward for engagement of a gripping portion on th...