US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on May 19 for "Laser ignition systems and related methods in oil and gas applications" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,332, issued on May 19, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Laser ignition systems and related methods in oil and gas applications" was invented by Abdullah M. Bin Ziad (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia), Fisal A. Bukhari (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia), Khaled M. Althubiti (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia) and Fahad O. Alshammari (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser ignition system for igniting an ignition target includes a support structure, a laser assembly mounted to the support structure and configured to deliver a laser beam to the ignition target, and an inlet mounted to the support structure ...