ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,204, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Oceanit Laboratories Inc. (Honolulu).

"Methods, devices, and systems for modular and mobile automated coating of tubes and tubular arrays using artificial intelligence" was invented by Alexander Ventura (Houston), Vinod Veedu (Houston), Sumil Thapa (Houston), Matthew A. Nakatsuka (Honolulu) and Phuong Dinh (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for automatically cleaning and/or coating the interior of tubes, tubulars, tubular arrays, and/or various other arrangements of tubes (e.g., tube stacks). A system for such automatic cleaning and/or c...