ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,681, issued on July 29, was assigned to SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"Full-decay induced polarization detection system and method for water inrush in tunnels" was invented by Lichao Nie (Jinan, China), Shucai Li (Jinan, China), Zhiqiang Li (Jinan, China), Zhaoyang Deng (Jinan, China), Yuancheng Li (Jinan, China), Guoan Chu (Jinan, China) and Shaoyang Dong (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a full-decay induced polarization (FDIP) detection system and method for water inrush in tunnels, comprising: through instructions for controlling constant-current high-power transmitting module and m...