US Patent Issued to Veracio, Globaltech on Nov. 11 for "Core barrel head assembly with an integrated sample orientation tool and system for using same" (Australian, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,329, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Veracio Ltd. (Salt Lake City) and Globaltech Corporation Pty Ltd. (Forrestfield, Australia).

"Core barrel head assembly with an integrated sample orientation tool and system for using same" was invented by Christopher L. Drenth (Callander, Canada), Gordon Stewart (Claremont, Australia) and Khaled Hejleh (Peppermint Grove, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A core barrel head assembly having at least one electronic instrument that is configured to obtain orientation data; a power source; and a communication means to receive and/or transmit orientation data for use in a core sample down hol...