ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,983, issued on March 4, was assigned to QRISQ ANALYTICS LLC (Mobile, Ala.).

"LIDAR data and structural modeling based elevation determination" was invented by Thomas Lee Koger (Diamondhead, Miss.) and Elizabeth Lia Valenti (Slidell, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for determining elevation based on structural modeling and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data are disclosure. LIDAR bare earth data corresponding to an area within a parcel boundary is obtained as preliminary elevation data. A basis of structure boundary is determined for a structure within the parcel boundary based on an absence of the LIDAR ba...