US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 29 for "Lithium detection apparatus systems and methods" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,482, issued on July 29, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Lithium detection apparatus systems and methods" was invented by Markus Berheide (Medford, Mass.), Jeffrey Miles (Arlington, Mass.), Rod William Shampine (Houston) and Dominic Vincent Perroni (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a neutron source that emits neutrons. The system also includes a vessel that holds a lithium-containing material including a lithium-sorbent material and a lithium-containing brine. Further, the system includes a neutron detector that receives a subset of the neutrons emitted from the neu...