ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,314, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Rapid firefighting piercing nozzle" was invented by Abduraheem Alsaadi (Yanbu, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for fighting fires in a target unit includes a dispending mechanism adapted to dispense a fire-extinguishing medium, a pointed nozzle tip including a chamber and defining an aperture in communication with the chamber, and an extender including a first end connected to the nozzle tip and a second end connected to an angle adapter. The inner and outer sleeves are hollow. The extender is in fluid communication wi...