US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on Aug. 12 for "Polymer matrix particles for inhibiting scale formation in oil and gas wells" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,954, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Polymer matrix particles for inhibiting scale formation in oil and gas wells" was invented by Anthony D. Duong (Columbus, Ohio), Ramanathan S. Lalgudi (Columbus, Ohio) and Phillip N. Denen (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymer matrix particles useful for inhibiting scale formation in oil and gas wells are described. The insoluble, porous, crosslinked polymer matrix includes a polymer backbone and ionic functional groups covalently bonded to the backbone, the ionic functional groups being capable of selectively attracting and bindin...