ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,146, issued on July 28, was assigned to PetroChina Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Multiphase flow metering system and method" was invented by Feng Deng (Beijing), Guanhong Chen (Beijing), Shiwen Chen (Beijing), Junfeng Shi (Beijing), Mengying Wang (Beijing), Ruidong Zhao (Beijing), Xishun Zhang (Beijing), Chunming Xiong (Beijing) and Qun Lei (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiphase flow metering system, comprising a magnetic resonance multiphase flowmeter and a manifold system, comprising a plurality of control valves and a connection pipeline, for controlling a fluid to flow through the magnetic resonance multiphase flowmeter; and...