ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,725, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and apparatus for testing the health of a proximity vibration sensory loop" was invented by Fawaz Mohammed Alshaiban (Buqayq, Saudi Arabia), Abdulrahman Hussain Alswaidan (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Abdallah Habeeb Alshomari (Al-hasa, Saudi Arabia), Ayidh Jassi Alqahtani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Saeed Saleh Alghamdi (Buqayq, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems include a probe configured to measure a vibration of a machine, an extension cable coupled to the probe having a male coaxial connection, and a probe resi...