ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,207, issued on July 14, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Methods and systems for constraining subsurface models" was invented by David C. Hoyal (Houston), Juan J. Fedele (Spring, Texas), Kathryn C. Denommee (Houston), Mrugesh S. Shringarpure (Cypress, Texas), Nathan A. Lentsch (Cypress, Texas), Nicole J. Bayliss (Spring, Texas) and Timothy Demko (Goodyear, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods for constraining subsurface models may include: analyzing at least one strata within a stratigraphic structure of a formation to ascertain one or more physical properties for the at least on...