ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,541, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Magnetic drone" was invented by Abdullah M. Guwaifli (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Sultan A. Shaqaq (Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a magnetic drone is disclosed. The magnetic drone includes a drone, a cage surrounding the drone, and one or more magnets disposed on the cage surrounding the drone. The drone includes a camera, a battery, one or more electric motors, and one or more propellers. In other aspects, a method to operate a magnetic drone and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructio...