US Patent Issued to Merlin Technology on May 26 for "Advanced inground operations, system and associated apparatus" (Washington, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,940, issued on May 26, was assigned to Merlin Technology Inc. (Kent, Wash.).

"Advanced inground operations, system and associated apparatus" was invented by Albert W. Chau (Woodinville, Wash.), Benjamin John Medeiros (Coeur d+3 Alene, Idaho) and Craig Caswell (Stanwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatus and methods are described for purposes of initiating a response to detection of an adverse operational condition involving a system including a drill rig and an inground tool. The response can be based on an uphole sensed parameter in combination with a downhole sensed parameter. The adverse operational condition ...