ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,447, issued on March 25.

"Magnetic permeability mapping system and method" was invented by Craig Mouser (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a ferrobody magnetic permeability mapping system including a ferrobody material, a first magnetic generator, a second magnetic generator in electrical communication with the first magnetic generator and configured to present an alternating magnetic field, a control circuit configured for alternating operation of the first and second magnetic generators; the magnetic permeability sensor being configured for measuring the magnetic permeability of the ferrob...