ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,366, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Photocatalytic conversion of hydrogen sulfide to hydrogen" was invented by Damian Pablo San Roman Alerigi (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Adrian Cesar Cavazos Sepulveda (Nuevo Leon, Mexico) and Sameeh Issa Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for photocatalytic conversion includes a flowline, in which a production flow travels in a flow direction; and a reactor module. The reactor module includes a waveguide; a photocatalyst coupled to the waveguide, configured to convert hydrogen sulfide in the production flow to...