ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,686, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Time-gated energy spectra for removal of borehole capture background" was invented by Gregory Joseph Schmid (Houston), Jiaxin Wang (Houston) and Weijun Guo (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and systems for taking downhole measurements. The method may include selecting a pulsing scheme for taking one or more measurements using a pulsed neutron logging tool, selecting a neutron burst width for the pulsing scheme based at least in part on a neutron tube utilized by the pulsed neutron logging tool to form at least in part a neutron burst t...