ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,948, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing).

"Borehole-to-surface near-source transient electromagnetic high-precision exploration method" was invented by Guoqiang Xue (Beijing), Weiying Chen (Beijing), Junjie Xue (Beijing), Yulian Zhu (Beijing) and Pengfei Lv (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A borehole-to-surface near-source transient electromagnetic high-precision exploration method pioneers a BSEM acquisition method, obtained high-precision electrical data is processed and interpreted, which is a technological innovation and breakthrough in applying elec...