US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on March 18 for "Patterned substrate for use in image-based classification of rock cuttings" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,408, issued on March 18, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Patterned substrate for use in image-based classification of rock cuttings" was invented by Richa Sharma (Cambridge, Mass.) and Quincy K. Elias (Hyde Park, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing an image of at least one rock cutting. The method can include forming or obtaining a substrate having a patterned top surface. The method can also include using the patterned top surface of the substrate to support at least one rock cutting, controlling an image acquisition system to acquire at least one image of the rock cutting ...