ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,271, issued on April 29, was assigned to SEVEE & MAHER ENGINEERS INC. (Cumberland, Maine).

"Assessing and remediating well clogging from mobile particles, systems, apparatuses, and methods" was invented by Bruce Austin Fowler (Portland, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems to assess clogging associated with a first well perform steps in order. A first well in maintained a quiescent state for a period of time. Water is not pumped from the first well in the quiescent state. A pump attached to the first well is turned to an ON state. Water is pumped from the first well during the ON state. A water sample is received f...