ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,852, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Laser tool for removing scaling" was invented by Sameeh Issa Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Wisam Jamal Assiri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Haitham A. Othman (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example laser tool includes a laser head to output a laser beam and a robotic arm that is articulated and that is connected to the laser head. The robotic arm includes segments that are connected by flexible joints to enable movement of the laser head in six degrees of freedom. A control system is configured to control the robotic...