ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,133, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SEESCAN INC. (San Diego).

"Systems and methods for utility locating in a multi-utility environment" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.), Sequoyah Aldridge (San Diego), Michael J. Martin (San Diego) and Youngin Oh (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for uniquely identifying buried utilities in a multi-utility region by sensing magnetic fields emitted from the buried utilities."

The patent was filed on Jan. 19, 2024, under Application No. 18/418,177.

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