ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,415, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA) (Qingdao, China).

"Microscopic and macroscopic evaluation method for dual-effect hydrate inhibitor" was invented by Zhiyuan Wang (Qingdao, China), Jihao Pei (Qingdao, China), Baojiang Sun (Qingdao, China), Zhengfeng Shan (Qingdao, China), Longqiao Chen (Qingdao, China), Jianbo Zhang (Qingdao, China) and Shikun Tong (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscopic and macroscopic evaluation method for a dual-effect hydrate inhibitor is provided. The method is applicable to the performance evaluation of traditional thermodynamic inhibitors ...