US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on July 15 for "Apparatus and methods for the estimation of soil unconfined compressive strength using laser-induced spectroscopy" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,048, issued on July 15, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Apparatus and methods for the estimation of soil unconfined compressive strength using laser-induced spectroscopy" was invented by Yakubu Sani Wudil (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed A. Al-Osta (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Omar S. Baghabra Al-Amoudi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Muhammad A. Gondal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Osama Atef Al Najjar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field portable device for determining the unconfined compressive strength of a soil sample includes a sample holder, a heating device...