US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 6 for "Recoverable fishing tool" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,669, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Recoverable fishing tool" was invented by Hamed Nafa (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Ali Abdulwahed Al Qassab (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing method and tool include a fishing tool having retractable spikes positioned radially around a tool body, a pivotable connection connecting each of the retractable spikes to the tool body, and a severable connection securing each of the retractable spikes to the tool body in the extended position. In an extended position, the retractable spikes extend outwardly from the tool body....