ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,897, issued on June 10, was assigned to COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (Australian Capital Territory, Australia).

"Apparatus, method and system for monitoring" was invented by Mikko Vepsalainen (Victoria, Australia), Miao Chen (Victoria, Australia), David Molenaar (Australian Capital Territory, Australia) and Anthony Kilpatrick (Australian Capital Territory, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus system and method are provided for use in acquiring data from fluid within a region of material in a heap leaching application. The apparatus includes one or more sensor strings provided in a regi...