US Patent Issued to Acceleware on Feb. 17 for "Non-equidistant open transmission lines for electromagnetic heating and method of use" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,321, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Acceleware Ltd. (Calgary, Canada).

"Non-equidistant open transmission lines for electromagnetic heating and method of use" was invented by Michal M. Okoniewski (Calgary, Canada), Damir Pasalic (Calgary, Canada) and Pedro Vaca (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for electromagnetic heating of a hydrocarbon formation. The method involves providing a producer well, which defines a longitudinal axis, between at least a first and second transmission line conductor. At a reference location along the length of the longitudinal axis, the first and second transmission...