US Patent Issued to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES on May 26 for "Method for the quantification and characterization of carbon in soils" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,435, issued on May 26, was assigned to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Method for the quantification and characterization of carbon in soils" was invented by David Sebag (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France), Isabelle Kowalewski (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France), Violaine Lamoureux-Var (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France), Daniel Pillot (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France) and Herman Ravelojaona (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of characterizing and of quantifying carbon in a superficial deposit. The sample of the formation is subjected to heating in an inert atmosphere w...