ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,295, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for evaluating foamability with a fritted test apparatus" was invented by Wei Yu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Hau Yung Lo (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Zhengwei Pan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mazen Yousef Kanj (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for evaluating the foamability of a test solution. The method includes forming foam in a vertical measurement column including an open top end and a fritted plate proximal to a bottom end by passing a gas stream through the fritted plate and through the test solution pres...