US Patent Issued to SEESCAN on May 20 for "Utility locator transmitter devices, systems, and methods" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,366, issued on May 20, was assigned to SEESCAN INC. (San Diego).

"Utility locator transmitter devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.), Jesse O. Casares (El Cajon, Calif.), Jan Soukup (San Diego), Stephanie M. Bench (Carlsbad, Calif.), Justin W. Taylor (Bend, Ore.), Ray Merewether (La Jolla, Calif.) and David A. Cox (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Buried utility transmitters and associated locator devices, systems, and methods used for locating utility lines, pipes, and/or other conductors that are obscured from view are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Aug. 17, 2020, under Applic...