ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,475, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Electrical stability probe with temperature sensor" was invented by Bojan Mitric (Houston), Brian Ligertwood (Houston), Jerry Thomas Connaughton (Houston) and Zakhar Chizhov (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid electrical probe includes a body portion housing a cleaner, a head portion forming a gap, an electrode disposed in the gap, and a temperature sensor disposed in the gap. The cleaner is extendable into the gap to clean the electrode and the temperature sensor. The body portion comprises a handle configured to be gripped by an ...