US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 20 for "Measurement of water chemistry by altering the resonant frequency of a vibrating element with hydrophilic hydrogels" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,637, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Measurement of water chemistry by altering the resonant frequency of a vibrating element with hydrophilic hydrogels" was invented by Christopher Michael Jones (Houston), Michel LeBlanc (Houston) and James Martin Price (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid sampling tool may include a fluid characterization device consisting of a densitometer, a viscometer, or a vibrating element, or a combination thereof and a polymer disposed in or around the fluid characterization device, wherein the polymer volume, density, or viscosity changes with an io...