US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on Aug. 5 for "Method for performing Raman spectroscopy within a logging while drilling instrument" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,882, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Method for performing Raman spectroscopy within a logging while drilling instrument" was invented by Harold Pfutzner (Richmond, Texas) and Bastian Sauerer (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool has a tool body with an outer diameter equal to a borehole diameter, at least one cavity formed in and opening to an outer surface defining the outer diameter of the tool body, a light source, a filter, and a light detector mounted in the at least one cavity, and a window disposed at the opening of the at least one cavity, wherein the win...