ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,056, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Extrapolation of seismic land streamer data using interferometry" was invented by Sherif Mohamed Hanafy Mahmoud (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, and method for utilizing an interferometric technique to extrapolate land streamer data. The technique involves a two-step process. In the first step, the recorded traces are correlated to generate virtual traces. Virtual traces that share the same ray path are stacked together, to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In the second step, the gene...