US Patent Issued to Nessim Maurice on Nov. 18 for "Subsurface exploration instruments with integrated muon detectors" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,503, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nessim Maurice (Houston).

"Subsurface exploration instruments with integrated muon detectors" was invented by Nicolae Moldoveanu (Nice, France) and Maurice Nessim (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application pertains to systems and methods for subsurface exploration. An exemplary method comprises employing a muon detector array comprising a first muon detector and a second muon detector. The muon detector array is configured to detect muons from above the array, to detect muons below the array, and to detect muons substantially horizontally to the array. One or more seismic s...