ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,429, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Jetting-based pipeline scraper" was invented by Faisal Mohammed Alissa (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Yazeed Alamro (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mohammad A. Aleissa (Safwa, Saudi Arabia) and Omar Firas Ashi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems include a device and a pipeline. The device includes a body. The body includes jetting elements and a sealing disc. The jetting elements include a hose, an opening, channels, and nozzles. The jetting elements are configured to direct pressurized fluid through the body for purposes of cleaning...