US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on July 21 for "Testing tubular members" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,501, issued on July 21, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Testing tubular members" was invented by Qasem A. Fandem (Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia), Fahad T. Al Mahashir (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdullah S. Al Haidan (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous machine includes a body; a mobile base coupled to the body and configured to move the body between a plurality of locations; and at least one extendable appendage coupled to, and configured to extend from, the body. The at least one extendable appendage includes at least one laser sensor plate. The at least one laser sensor plate ...