US Patent Issued to ACTeQ on April 15 for "Continuous seismic data acquisition having variable density source geometry" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,766, issued on April 15, was assigned to ACTeQ LLC (Katy, Texas).

"Continuous seismic data acquisition having variable density source geometry" was invented by David Ridyard (Novato, Calif.), David J. Monk (Houston) and Damian Hite (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for seismic surveying comprises deploying a plurality of seismic receivers proximate an area of subsurface to be surveyed. At least one seismic energy source moves in a path that circumscribes a center, wherein positions of the plurality of seismic receivers remain fixed. At least one of a distance between the path and the center changes monotonically as ...