ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,200, issued on July 14, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Method, apparatus, and computer program for detecting one or more objects in the sea floor" was invented by Carlos Ramos Cordova (Bremen, Germany), Benedict Preu (Bremen, Germany), Nikolas Roemer-Stange (Bremen, Germany), Hanno Keil (Bremen, Germany), Volkhard Spiess (Bremen, Germany) and Stefan Wenau (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments deal with a method, a computer program as well as an apparatus for detecting one or more objects in the sea floor. The method comprises obtaining a receiver s...