ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,814, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Graphene-based electrical circuit fluid system component" was invented by Manuel Paul Marya (Sugar Land, Texas) and Alireza Zolfaghari (Rosharon, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid system component can include a support body that includes a surface; and an electrical circuit supported at least in part by the surface, where the electrical circuit includes graphene adjacent to a composite material that includes a polymer convertible to graphene, and where the electrical circuit generates a signal responsive to deformation of at least a...