ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,101, issued on March 31, was assigned to Condux International Inc. (Mankato, Minn.).

"System and method of mapping a duct" was invented by Bradley P. Radichel (Edina, Minn.), Joshua J. Siebert (Lake Crystal, Minn.), David J. Stockton (Woodbrige, Great Britain) and Eric L. Cope (Mankato, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unit that houses tracking electronics configured to be passed through a duct while the tracking electronics collect position information is provided. The information collected by the unit is used to map the duct. A method of mapping a duct is also provided."

The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2022, under Applicat...