ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,412, issued on Oct. 21.
"Analysis of release-resistant water in materials and related devices and methods" was invented by Michael Smith (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are new methods of analyzing release-resistant water in materials, such as geologic materials. The methods of the invention typically comprise removal of extraneous water, e.g., by drying, preparing the material for the release of release-resistant water (e.g., by crushing the material, but typically not so greatly as to cause the release of fluid from hermetically sealed components, such as fluid inclusions), and then analyzing the amount...