ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,306, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing).

"Three-dimensional visualization expression method for multi-scale geological structure model" was invented by Zhendong Cui (Beijing), Tao Wei (Beijing), Dongxu Liu (Beijing), Longcan Wang (Beijing), Xuehui Zhang (Beijing) and Leilei Zhao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a three-dimensional visualization expression method for a multi-scale geological structure model, including: collecting geological exploration data which includes geophysical information, drilling information, outcrop survey ...