ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,978, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Telescopic gauge cutter" was invented by Abdullah T. Alsulaim (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Fahad M. Al-Ajmi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Saad Hamid (Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting an obstruction in a conduit of a tubular includes running a deployment device connected to a first cylindrical rod and a second cylindrical rod into the conduit of the tubular. The second cylindrical rod has a diameter larger than a diameter of the first cylindrical rod. The method further includes positioning an outer sleeve, ...