ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,622, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Sensors for measuring properties of materials flowing through a flowline" was invented by Ahmed Fouda (Houston) and Baris Guner (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for downhole sampling. The system may include a downhole fluid sampling tool that may include one or more probes configured to extend into a formation, and a pump configured to collect a fluid from the formation through the one or more probes. The method may further comprise a flowline configured to transport the fluid from the formation through the one or more pr...