US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on April 21 for "System for automated legacy drill cutting samples digitization" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,618, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System for automated legacy drill cutting samples digitization" was invented by Mokhles M. Mezghani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mustafa Ali H. Al Ibrahim (Safwa, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular system provides automated legacy drill cutting samples digitization. The system includes a central processing unit, at least one robotic arm, a conveyor, and a retractable stand. The robotic arm, which is controlled by the central processing unit, opens drill cutting samples already bagged and stored in a laboratory. The conveyor...