ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,351, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to HG Partners LLC (Dallas).

"Continuous-wave radar system for detecting ferrous and non-ferrous metals in saltwater environments" was invented by Carlos Alberto Fonts (Dallas), Carlos Ernesto Fonts (Dallas), Mark Allen O'Hair (Santa Fe, N.M.), John Richard O'Hair (Ruskin, Fla.) and Richard Dolan Randall (Rowlett, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes systems and methods for a continuous-wave (CW) radar system for detecting, geolocating, identifying, discriminating between, and mapping ferrous and non-ferrous metals in brackish and saltwater environments. The radar sy...