US Patent Issued to Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS, Beijing Jiaotong University on Nov. 25 for "System and method for analyzing light n-alkane components and carbon isotopes in deep and ultra-deep source rock" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,919, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS (Lanzhou, China) and Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing).

"System and method for analyzing light n-alkane components and carbon isotopes in deep and ultra-deep source rock" was invented by Yingqin Wu (Lanzhou, China), Tong Wang (Beijing), Zhiyu Wang (Lanzhou, China), Rong Ma (Lanzhou, China), Yan Liu (Lanzhou, China) and Zuodong Wang (Lanzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for analyzing light n-alkane components and carbon isotopes in deep and ultra-deep source rocks includes: (S1) subjecting a 5A molecular sieve column...