ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,392, issued on March 24, was assigned to Eden GeoPower Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).

"Downhole apparatus and system for electric-based fracturing" was invented by Ammar Alali (Cambridge, Mass.) and Mehrdad Mehrvand (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Downhole tools, systems, and methods for electric-based fracturing are disclosed. A downhole tool for electric-based fracturing may include an outer enclosure, an insulator chamber disposed at least partially within the enclosure, and an electrode disposed at least partially within the insulator chamber. The electrode may extend out from the insulator chamber and the enclosure...