ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,666, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Dielectric insulation film" was invented by William Goertzen (Lawrence, Kan.), Varun Vinaykumar Nyayadhish (Nisku, Canada), Jason Holzmueller (Lawrence, Kan.) and Shuaishuai Lambkin (Lawrence, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dielectric films are provided. Such films can be used in electric submersible pump stators, for example, as slot liners, phase barriers, or housing barriers. The film includes a polymeric matrix combined with an inorganic filler or reinforcing system."

The patent was filed on Oct. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/69...