US Patent Issued to FINAPP on July 28 for "Device and method for measuring the water content of the ground, vegetation and/or snow" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,285, issued on July 28, was assigned to FINAPP S.R.L. (Padua, Italy).

"Device and method for measuring the water content of the ground, vegetation and/or snow" was invented by Luca Stevanato (Montegrotto Terme, Italy), Marcello Lunardon (Montegrotto Terme, Italy) and Sandra Moretto (Montegrotto Terme, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring water content of the ground, vegetation and snow includes an ambient neutron detector to measure ambient neutron flow, having first and second sheets made at least partially with a scintillator. A light meter measures light conveyed by a light guide interposed between the first...