ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,499, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PGS Geophysical AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Linear array of piezoelectric transducers for towed marine streamers" was invented by Robert Alexis Peregrin Fernihough (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment disclosed relates to an array of sensors for towed marine streamers. The array may include a first plurality of transducers of a first form configured to have a first polarity in electrical response to a change in an environmental condition and a second plurality of transducers of a second form coupled to the first plurality of transducers and configured to have a second polari...