US Patent Issued to Tubular Technology Tools on Dec. 16 for "Methods and apparatus for engaging tubulars" (Colombian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,845, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Tubular Technology Tools LLC (Fulshear, Texas).

"Methods and apparatus for engaging tubulars" was invented by Jairo Gutierrez Infante (Funza, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform equipped with multiple moving jaws to receive and engage tubing and casing. The platform may be mounted above a wellbore to securely hold a tubing or casing segment, preventing the segment from rotating or slipping as torque is applied to an adjacent tubing or casing segment. Methods of engaging tubing and casing using the platforms as torque is applied during makeup or loosening operations."

The patent ...