ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,251, issued on July 15, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).

"GNSS positioning methods and devices using PPP-RTK, RTK, SSR, or like correction data" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to PPP-RTK, RTK, SSR, or like correction data based devices and methods to produce geolocation solutions with improved accuracy. Further, such devices and methods may be further employed in various related utility locator devices, utility locating transmitters, and other utility locating and mapping devices."

The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2022, under Application No. 17...