ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,520, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Active grasping wireline fishing tool" was invented by Abdulkareem Abdullah Al-Shaikh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireline fishing tool is disclosed including a body, a side prong extending from a lateral side of the body, and a central prong extending from a center of the body. The central prong is movable relative to the body between an extended state and a retracted state. The central prong comprises a toothed shaft retractable with respect to the body to move the central prong from the extended state to the retr...