ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,945, issued on Sept. 29.

"Geodetic surveying system and method of operation" was invented by David G. Amendola (Westbrook, Conn.) and Karen S. Amendola (Westbrook, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A geodetic surveying system may include a pole-mountable base plate comprising an aperture. A geodetic surveying system may include a pole. A geodetic surveying system may include a mountable satellite positioning system receiver. A geodetic surveying system may include a computing device in communication with the mountable satellite positioning system receiver. A geodetic surveying system may include a display shield."

The patent was...