US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Feb. 18 for "Multipurpose microfluidics devices for rapid on-site optical chemical analysis" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,512, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Multipurpose microfluidics devices for rapid on-site optical chemical analysis" was invented by Hooisweng Ow (Woburn, Mass.), Sehoon Chang (Brighton, Mass.), Jason R. Cox (Ashland, Mass.), Bora Yoon (Houston) and Wei Wang (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for chemical analysis include a first separation element formed on the substrate, the first separation element having a wicking surface that separates water from hydrocarbons in a fluid sample, a hydrophobic barrier at least partially surrounding the first separation element, ...