ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,486, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FieldLine Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Optically-pumped magnetometer (OPM) with an OPM connector that mitigates electrostatic discharge (ESD) and stores OPM operational data" was invented by Kenneth Jeramiah Hughes (Lafayette, Colo.), Tyler Louis Maydew (Superior, Colo.) and Orang Alem (Lafayette, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments comprise an apparatus to mitigate Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) buildup. In some examples, the apparatus comprises an Optically Pumped Magnetometer (OPM) and a connector. The connector is operatively coupled to the OPM. The OPM is configured to sense...