US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Jan. 13 for "Personal protective equipment for navigation and map generation within a hazardous environment using fiducial markers" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,477, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Personal protective equipment for navigation and map generation within a hazardous environment using fiducial markers" was invented by Nicholas T. Gabriel (Grand Rapids, Minn.), John M. Kruse (Minneapolis), Gautam Singh (Woodbury, Minn.), Brian J. Stankiewicz (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Jason L. Aveldson (Prior Lake, Minn.), Glenn E. Casner (Woodbury, Minn.), Haleh Hagh-Shenas (Plymouth, Minn.), Frank T. Herfort (Neuss, Germany), Ronald D. Jesme (Plymouth, Minn.), Steven G. Lucht (Woodbury, Minn.), Adam C. Nyland (St. Paul, Minn.), Jacob E. Odom (Savage, Minn.) and Justin Tungjunyatham (Roseville, Min...