US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology on Aug. 19 for "Hydrocarbon contaminant detection using polymer film" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,763, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

"Hydrocarbon contaminant detection using polymer film" was invented by Khawlah Kharashi (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Maha Nour (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and Khaled Nabil Salama (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrocarbon contaminant detection system using a polymer film includes a sensor assembly, a syringe and a controller. The sensor assembly includes a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) film including electrically conductive materials. The sensor assembly can...