US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Nov. 4 for "NMR logging method using superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,118, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"NMR logging method using superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles" was invented by Shahid Ali Muhammad Arshad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Safyan A. Khan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mohamed A. Morsy (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to hydrophilic and hydrophobic superparamagnetic nanoparticles and their use as contrast agents for NMR including agents that distinguish oil and water in NMR logging of geological formations containing oil or water. Methods of making these SPIONs are a...