ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,658, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Fluid diffusion system and method for dielectric barrier discharge system" was invented by Ruhi Sultana (Cambridge, Mass.), Gary W. Sams (Spring, Texas) and Shawn David Taylor (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor. The DBD reactor includes a plurality of dielectric barriers. The DBD reactor also includes a plurality of electrodes disposed between the plurality of dielectric barriers. The system also includes a diffuser system fluidly coupled to an outlet of the DBD react...