US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Aug. 5 for "Resin rich polyurea-based integrated external layer for reinforced thermosetting resin piping protection" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,050, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Resin rich polyurea-based integrated external layer for reinforced thermosetting resin piping protection" was invented by Abderrahim Fakiri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Md Anwar Parvez (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Gusai H. AlAithan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes a reinforced thermosetting resin piping system that is protected from external impact and UV damage by an outer polyurea-based layer. The embodiments described herein can be favorably used for underground and aboveground applications. In some imple...