ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,180, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Volumetric pressure reducing apparatus" was invented by Rashad I. Almilad (Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure-reducing sampling apparatus includes a primary pressure chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid from a pressurized component and including a liquid outlet for collecting a sample of a liquid from the pressurized fluid in the primary pressure chamber, one or more secondary pressure chambers in fluid communication with the primary pressure chamber to receive and store a gas received from the primary pressure...