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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Shannon L. Eichmann, Katy, TX (US);
Katherine Leigh Hull, Houston, TX (US);
Younane N. Abousleiman, Norman, OK (US);
David Jacobi, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/18 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2021.01); G01K 15/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01Q 60/24 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/18 (2013.01); G01Q 60/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for evaluating a geological formation including subjecting a source-rock sample from the geological formation to atomic force microscopy (AFM) to determine a thermal property or material property of the source-rock sample. The properties determined may include thermal conductivity or material transition temperature.