ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,874, issued on March 18, was assigned to HADRONEX INC. (Escondido, Calif.).

"Decoupling tidal effects from water depth measurements in stormwater drainage systems" was invented by Erin Rothman (Seattle), Suzie Housley (Seattle), Marie Jordan (Seattle) and Jim Porzak (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed towards decoupling tidal effects from time-series depth measurements. A drainage sensor includes a fluid depth sensor. The drainage sensors are positioned at monitoring points in a drainage system. Stormwater flows into an input of the drainage system. A tidal depth sensor is positioned in a tidal body of ...