Dr. Bouchaffra (Director of Research at CDTA) jointly with researchers from the oil company Sonatrach have produced three patents in the year 2020. These research-based products under the form of computer platforms connected to a CT-Scanner were devised and developed during this mutual collaboration with members of this company.

1. Djamel Bouchaffra, Mohamed Khodja, Lotfi Hocini, Faycal Ykhlef, Abdelkrim Allam, "Reservoir Rock Minerals Identification using a Low Resolution CT-Scanner", National Patent: INAPI.
2. Djamel Bouchaffra, Faycal Ykhlef, Abdelkrim Allam, and Mohamed Khodja, "Reservoir Rock Characterization using Deep Learning", National Patent: INAPI.
3. Djamel Bouchaffra, Faycal Ykhlef, Abdelkrim Allam, and Mohamed Khodja, "Rock Characterization using Deep Learning", International Patent.