Patents by Inventor Barry Main

Barry Main has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12044102
    Abstract: A method for sealing a borehole, that includes lowering a plug into the borehole, where the plug includes a sealing element, a reservoir that includes a liquid, and a one-way valve connected to the reservoir, causing the sealing element to undergo sealing element expansion, where the sealing element expansion causes the sealing element to make circumferential contact with a casing of the borehole, and where the sealing element expansion causes the sealing element to create a void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Wallace, Barry Main, Peter D W Inglis