ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,014, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Systems and processes for chemical processing" was invented by Tariq A. Khathami (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Mazin M. Fathi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah M. Salma (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Abdulrahman E. Sayed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Massad S. Alanzi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Hamad Alsaiari (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for chemical processing includes a hollow structure including a side wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an internal volume. The hollow structure has a center axis, a len...