ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,941, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Universidade Federal Fluminense-UFF (Niteroi, Brazil).

"Method for determining the content, quality and maturation of organic matter in marine environment for exploration of oil wells" was invented by Thiago Pereira Dos Santos (Niteroi, Brazil), Rut Amelia Diaz Ramos (Niteroi, Brazil), Pedro Vitor Abreu Affonso (Niteroi, Brazil), Marcelo Correa Bernardes (Niteroi, Brazil), Manuel Antonio Moreira Ramirez (Niteroi, Brazil), Lucas Lopes Do Couto (Niteroi, Brazil), Igor Viegas Alves Fernandes De Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Igor Martins Venancio Padilha De Oliveira (Niteroi, Braz...