ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,953, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to ISENSPRO NV (Leuven, Belgium).

"Device and method for measuring a conduit in a submerged or subterraneous environment" was invented by Yves Marie-Louis Gabriel Desmet (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring a conduit arranged in a submerged or subterraneous environment and surrounded by an insulator layer. The device includes a first electrode; a mounting unit to be arranged on a surface of the conduit to create an enclosure against the surface, the enclosure containing the first electrode and configured to form a dielectric between the first electrode and the env...