US Patent Issued to SONARDYNE INTERNATIONAL on Dec. 16 for "Underwater acoustic receiver apparatus and method of monitoring a target portion of a water column" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,391, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SONARDYNE INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Hampshire, Great Britain).

"Underwater acoustic receiver apparatus and method of monitoring a target portion of a water column" was invented by Philip Hugh Bennet (Gillingham, Great Britain), Robert James Crook (Castle Cary, Great Britain), Darryl Newborough (Hartley Wintney, Great Britain) and Jonathan James Davies (Dorchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater acoustic receiver apparatus (100) comprises an acoustic reflector (102, 104, 106, 108) and an acoustic device (110, 114, 116, 118) aimed at the acoustic reflector (102, 104, 106, 10...