ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,097, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Sample cylinder content identification system and method thereof" was invented by Ahmad Saeed Al-Saffar (RT Northern Area, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for identifying a sample includes collecting a sample in a sample cylinder, directing the sample from the sample cylinder to a tube with controlled pressure, and identifying a phase, a color, and existence of impurities of the sample through a transparent portion of the tube."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/704,363.

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