US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 7 for "Microbiologically induced corrosion (MIC) analyzer" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,089, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Microbiologically induced corrosion (MIC) analyzer" was invented by Mohammed H. Al-Otaibi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Meshari S. Al-Otaibi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a system for detection of microbiologically induced corrosion. The system includes a cathodic protection device configured to generate a signal corresponding to the presence of corrosion near a structure at risk of corrosion. The system also includes an odor sensor configured to generate a signal corresponding to emission of an odor near the str...