ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,203, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pipesense LLC (Clearbrook, Minn.).
"Pipeline leak detection apparatus, and methods thereof" was invented by Michael David Nash (Katy, Texas) and Stuart Mitchell (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for the continuous monitoring of a pipeline or a pipeline network carrying flowing media that can not only detect the presence of a leak but also locate the source of the leak through the use of rarefraction wave detection and methods of using the same is disclosed within. The apparatus and method are specifically configured to locate the leak source within less than 36 inches usin...