US Patent Issued on Feb. 3 for "System and method for determining the location of a leak within a longitudinal pipe" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,876, issued on Feb. 3.

"System and method for determining the location of a leak within a longitudinal pipe" was invented by Michael Pieneman (Heerhugowaard, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a leak localization system configured to identify the presence of a leak within a pipe system and locate the same to a high degree of accuracy. At least one embodiment of such a leak localization system may comprise an emitting device configured in connection with an amplification device for the propagation of an acoustic pulse throughout the pipe. Distally disposed in relation...