ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,036, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to hyperTunnel IP Ltd. (Basingstoke, Great Britain).
"Device and method for imaging underground features from a borehole" was invented by Steve Jordan (Basingstoke, Great Britain), Fergus Flanagan (Basingstoke, Great Britain) and Eliott Turner (Basingstoke, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ground-penetrating radar antennas are generally intended for use in contact with the ground; however, antennas spaced from the ground (e.g. in air above ground) have also been developed. The present invention allows underground features to be imaged from a borehole so that underground assets and geol...