US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 23 for "Contrast component coating for sensor analysis" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,934, issued on June 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Contrast component coating for sensor analysis" was invented by Christopher Michael Jones (Katy, Texas), James M. Price (Cypress, Texas), Jian Li (Bellaire, Texas), Darren George Gascooke (Houston) and William J. Soltmann (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contrast device for analysis of a wellbore fluid includes: a substrate; and a contrast agent adhered to the substrate, wherein the contrast agent is configured to respond to an analyte within the wellbore fluid thereby altering a measurable characteristic of the contrast agent. A syste...