US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on July 14 for "Siderophore-based biosensors for iron detection" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,959, issued on July 14, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Siderophore-based biosensors for iron detection" was invented by Abdulmohsen A. Al-Humam (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Nora K. Al-Sudairi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Manar A. AlAhmari (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods of detecting iron in a water injection system, such as a water injection system used in the oil and gas industry, using an optical siderophore-based biosensor. This disclosure also relates to methods of detecting corrosion using an optical siderophore-based biosensor."

The patent was ...