US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 14 for "Automated vacuum sampling system and methods related thereto" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,725, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Automated vacuum sampling system and methods related thereto" was invented by Ahmad Mohammad Al-Ahdal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Hadi A. Al-Shehri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Majed I. Al-Sulaiman (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Abdultif A. Alzuraiq (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Obaid Halban Al-Otaibi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated vacuum sampling system comprising: a compressor in fluid communication with an upstream process line; downstream of the compressor, an inlet control valve; downstream of the inlet control valve,...