ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,411, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LIST) (Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg).
"Method for quantifying the extent and recurrence of natural events" was invented by Renaud Hostache (Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg), Marco Chini (Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg), Patrick Matgen (Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg) and Marina Zingaro (Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for quantifying the extent and recurrence of a predetermined natural event, such as a flooding event, in a geographical area, in particular in spite of the absence of reliable data from sensors on the ground where the natur...