ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,987, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Integrated on-stream inspection verification system with artificial intelligence advisory telescopic stick" was invented by Hatem M. Elashmawi (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia), Tarek D. Aboghoniem (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia), Shadi M. Al-Hazmi (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia) and Khalid A. Hejji (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a telescopic stick and a data gathering verification system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a schedule for an equipment structure, obtaining parameter data and an ultrasonic tran...