ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,167, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SB Technology Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Geophysical field sensing based navigation" was invented by Patrick Loughrin Neary (Hyde Park, Utah), Kimberly Margaret Moore (Redwood City, Calif.), Alexander James McNeil (Kalispell, Mont.), Ethan Jesse Pratt (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Eddie Albert Rodriguez (Pacifica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are exemplary computer-implemented methods and systems for geophysical field sensing based navigation. One example of a computer-implemented method includes: receiving geophysical field data from at least one geophysical field sensor; synchron...