ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,543, issued on July 22, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Determination of petroleum component boiling temperatures" was invented by Hendrik Muller (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Frederick M. Adam (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Imran Ahmed Naqvi (Khobar North, Saudi Arabia) and Radwan Bakor (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for identifying a plurality of components of a petroleum sample. Embodiments further relate to determining respective atmospheric equivalent boiling points (AEBPs) for respective ones of the plurality of components. Embodiments f...