US Patent Issued to QUAESTA INSTRUMENTS on March 25 for "Distance and direction-sensitive cosmogenic neutron sensors" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,507, issued on March 25, was assigned to QUAESTA INSTRUMENTS LLC (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Distance and direction-sensitive cosmogenic neutron sensors" was invented by Marek Zreda (Tucson, Ariz.), Steven Hamann (Oro Valley, Ariz.), Martin Schron (Leipzig, Germany) and Markus Kohli (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A local area, thermal cosmogenic neutron sensor is used for detecting moisture within a measurement surface. A neutron detector is positioned on a stand structure holding the detector above a measurement surface. A neutron shield is positioned around at least a portion of the neutron detector. The neutron shield ...