ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,681, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MISSION SUPPORT AND TEST SERVICES LLC (North Las Vegas, Nev.).

"System and method for remote detection and location of gas leaks" was invented by Mary D. O'Neill (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Mark Morey (Las Vegas) and David Terry (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring for a gas leak from a gas containing structure. The system includes a lens that directs an image of a scene of interest through an optical filter to a detector. The filter, associated with the lens, has one or more passbands that pass wavelengths which match one or more emission or reflectively w...