US Patent Issued to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE on July 1 for "Metal tubular component, tubular threaded joint comprising such a component and method of obtaining such a component" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,368, issued on July 1, was assigned to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE (Aulnoye-Aymeries, France).

"Metal tubular component, tubular threaded joint comprising such a component and method of obtaining such a component" was invented by Eric Verger (Meudon, France) and Gabriel Roussie (Meudon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal tubular component adapted to be associated with at least one other metal tubular component to form a joint, said metal tubular component having a longitudinal axis, a body and at least one first axial end adjacent to the body, said first axial end being provided with a connector including a thread and an i...