US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 19 for "Method and apparatus for cyclic imaging a rock sample" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,737, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and apparatus for cyclic imaging a rock sample" was invented by Sinan Caliskan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rock sample holder, an x-ray system, and methods are disclosed. The rock sample holder may include a body having a cavity extending from a first end of the body to a first position along a longitudinal axis. The first end of the body is open. The body comprises a radiolucent material. A slit is formed through a side wall portion of the body such that the slit extends from the first end to a second positi...