ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,289, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Huainan, China).
"Multi-scale and multi-parameter collaborative testing device and method for true triaxial hydraulic fracturing" was invented by Pingsong Zhang (Anhui, China), Chang Liu (Anhui, China) and Yuanchao Ou (Anhui, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a multi-scale and multi-parameter collaborative testing device and method for true triaxial hydraulic fracturing. The method includes: processing a retrieved rock sample, forming a fracturing port on the top surface of a rock specimen, placing a fracturing pipe in a hole, and connec...