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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Richard Lee Giroux, Bellville, TX (US);
Rohit Joshi, Fulshear, TX (US);
Joshua Vernon Symms, Cypress, TX (US);
Ryan Bacsik, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 40/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/046 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 40/001 (2020.05); E21B 17/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catcher for use in a wellbore includes a housing and an insert disposed within the housing. A method of using the catcher includes disintegrating at least a portion of the insert while the insert is held rotationally stationary with respect to the housing by a taper connection between the insert and the housing.