ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,189, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Power and Water Utility Co. for Jubail and Yanbu (MARAFIQ) (Jubail Industrial, Saudi Arabia).

"Methods for monitoring marine waterbody sustainability at discharge sites" was invented by Ghazi Ozair (Sarasota, Fla.), Ali Ahmad Al-Shubaili (Yanbu Industrial, Saudi Arabia) and Salman Atiah Al-Zahrany (Yanbu Industrial, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods for monitoring marine water-body sustainability at a site of discharge of water into the water-body. Typically, the discharge of water occurs at a discharge of streams, rivers, water purification plants, water desalinat...