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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Advanced Upstream Ltd., Calgary, CA;

Inventors:

Tom Watkins, Calgary, CA;

Jeyhun Najafov, Calgary, CA;

Ratish Suhas Kadam, Calgary, CA;

Henryk Kozlow, Calgary, CA;

Assignee:

Advanced Upstream Ltd., Calgary, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/142 (2020.05); E21B 2200/04 (2020.05); E21B 2200/06 (2020.05);
Abstract

A device for wellbore operations is configured to self-determine its downhole location in a wellbore in real-time and to self-activate upon arrival at a preselected target location. In embodiments, the device is configured to self-determine its direction of travel and self-deactivates if the device determines that it is not travelling in the downhole direction. In embodiments, the device has a flowback valve that blocks fluid flow therethrough when the device is inactivated but permits fluid flow through the device to exit at the device's trailing end when the device is activated. In embodiments, at least a portion of the device is dissolvable in the presence of wellbore fluids. In embodiments, at least a portion of the device is coated with a protective coating to shield the device from treatment fluids. A downhole tool having a pass-through constriction configured to be overcome by the device is also disclosed.


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