ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,915, issued on June 2, was assigned to Franklin Sensors Inc. (Meridian, Idaho).

"Apparatus, methods, and techniques of display for obscured feature detection with live wire detection" was invented by David M. Dorrough (Eagle, Idaho), Daniel S. Toborg (Meridian, Idaho), Natalie A. Boehm (Meridian, Idaho) and Jay R. Paxman (Meridian, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Obscured feature detectors are disclosed that have both the capability to sense the location of obscured structural features and the ability to warn a user of obscured live electrical wires in the vicinity. Apparatus, devices, and methods to detect a presence of hidden o...