ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,533, issued on April 15, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Materials and diagnostics for hydrogen service environments" was invented by Shashwat Shukla (Singapore) and Arpana Singh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "HIC-resistant materials may include sensors embedded within or otherwise coupled thereto for use in a hydrogen service environment. In an example, a diagnostic system includes a first sensor embedded within a structural metal for exposure to hydrogen for generating a signal response to both the hydrogen and one or more parameter. A second sensor is embedded within the structural metal for ...