ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,417, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Lagrangian smart sensing system for characterizing aquatic resources" was invented by Aashish Sanjay Khandelwal (Albuquerque, N.M.), Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Tzion Castillo (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for large-scale Lagrangian monitoring of an aquatic resource are presented. The techniques use a system that includes an autonomous surface vehicle, where the autonomous surface vehicle includes: an electronic controller; a power source coupled to the electronic controller; a plurality of senso...