ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,211, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and device for obtaining measurements of downhole properties in a subterranean well" was invented by Max Deffenbaugh (Houston), Gregory Ham (Houston), Jose Oliverio Alvarez (Houston), Gregory Bernero (Houston), Sunder Ramachandran (Sugarland, Texas), Miguel Gonzalez (Houston), Huseyin Seren (Houston), Sebastian Csutak (Houston) and Christopher Powell (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An untethered apparatus for measuring properties along a subterranean well includes a housing and one or more sensors configured to measure data alon...