US Patent Issued to ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA Ltd./ENERGIE ATOMIQUE DU CANADA on Dec. 2 for "Deep electromagnetic rebar probe" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,227, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA Ltd./ENERGIE ATOMIQUE DU CANADA LIMITEE (Chalk River, Canada).

"Deep electromagnetic rebar probe" was invented by Mark Stephen Luloff (Chalk River, Canada), Molly Zaugg (Chalk River, Canada), Steven Hogg (Chalk River, Canada) and Jia Lei (Chalk River, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-destructive method for determining at least one of a cover depth and a cross- sectional area of at least a first ferrous rebar that is within a non-magnetic can include the steps of: a) establishing an electromagnetic circuit comprising the first ferrous rebar, an electromagnetic co...