ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,529, issued on April 22, was assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).
"Liner deployment tool" was invented by Jeffrey D. Herndon (Bakersfield, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gravel pack system includes a liner assembly and a deployment assembly. The liner assembly includes a sand control screen. The deployment assembly facilitates rotation of the liner assembly and circulation through the liner assembly while running the liner assembly into a wellbore using a work string. The deployment assembly includes a crossover tool that is operated to facilitate gravel packing without manipulation of the work string. T...