ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,440, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Methods and systems for automatic multi-phase mobile sampling collection and analysis" was invented by Mohamed Ahmed Soliman (Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia), Nisar Ahmad Ansari (Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia) and Ahmed Al-Khaldi (Qatif, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid sampling device including an inlet configured to receive a portion of a non-homogeneous fluid flowing through a conduit, a first double block bleed valve coupled to the inlet, a first flexible hose coupled to the first double block bleed valve by a first quick acting ...