ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,277, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Hybrid milling high power laser tool" was invented by Abdullah M. Alharith (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool includes a milling rotary body, a fiber optic cable extending through the milling rotary body, one or more milling knives extending outwardly from the milling rotary body at an end of the milling rotary body, and a laser head extending from the second end of the milling rotary body. The fiber optic cable is connected to the laser head, and the laser head is configured to rotate about a central axis of...