US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Aug. 19 for "Optimization of a target of a downhole neutron generator" (Texas, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,085, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Optimization of a target of a downhole neutron generator" was invented by James Martin Price (Cypress, Texas), Ali E. Abdou (Spring, Texas), Zilu Zhou (Needham, Mass.), Jimmy Wayne Anders (Montgomery, Texas), Weijun Guo (Houston) and Lesley Allison Fessler (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques are provided for optimizing the performance of a target for a downhole neutron generator. An example method can include disposing a first source material and a first substrate in a vacuum chamber at an initial temperature, evapora...