ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,090, issued on March 31, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based edible oil sensor" was invented by Khurram Karim Qureshi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Eid M. Al-Mutairi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Sheikh Sharif Iqbal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Md. Ahasan Habib (Rajshahi, Bangladesh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow-core photonic crystal fiber for sensing an oil includes a hexagonal core wall, a cladding region, and a circular layer. The hexagonal core wall defines a hollow space, where a core diameter is equal to a distance between two opposing...