ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,264, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System and method for enhancing seismic data resolution by transforming low-frequency seismic data to high-frequency seismic data" 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 generating synthetic high-frequency seismic data for subsurface imaging comprises injecting a first seismic shot having a low frequency into a surface region and receiving reflected waves at a plurality of seismic receivers. Seismic traces are recorded and processed to gener...