ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,828, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Composition for identifying the origin of scale, process for preparing said composition and process for identifying the origin of scale using said composition" was invented by Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Fatima Andreia De Freitas Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the composition of calcite impregnated with chemical tracer, process for obtaining the same and process for identifying the origin of scale through mapping the tracer incorporated i...