US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Jan. 28 for "Robotic modular geologic core preparation and examination table" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,026, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Robotic modular geologic core preparation and examination table" was invented by Abdul Hafiz O. Masri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mokhles M. Mezghani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mustafa A. Al Ibrahim (Safwa, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular geologic core examination table is claimed. The modular geologic core examination table includes at least two legs, each leg comprising an extending portion for increasing the effective length of each leg, the extending portion at least partially concentrically disposed within or around th...