ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,772, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Corrosion treatment for pipes" was invented by Ghazi Salman Qahtani (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Maher Hamed Alerwi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdoulelah Naji Hannabi (Al Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe treatment assembly includes a first capsule and a second capsule arranged to be deployed within a pipe that has a pipe fluid. The first capsule has a first housing that includes a first discharge port and a first treatment fluid or substance disposed within the first housing and exits the first housing through the first ...