US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on June 3 for "Bi-conical optical sensor for obtaining downhole fluid properties" (Bahraini Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,255, issued on June 3, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Bi-conical optical sensor for obtaining downhole fluid properties" was invented by Sandip Maity (Manama, Bahrain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole fluid analysis system includes an optical sensor that includes a light source configured to emit light, a light detector, and an optical tip optically coupled to the light source and the light detector. At least a portion of the light emitted from the light source travels through the optical tip and returns to the detector, wherein the optical tip has a bi-conical shape. The system further includ...