US Patent Issued to Merlin Technology on Oct. 6 for "Communication protocol in directional drilling system, apparatus and method utilizing multi-bit data symbol transmission" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,302, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Merlin Technology Inc. (Kent, Wash.).

"Communication protocol in directional drilling system, apparatus and method utilizing multi-bit data symbol transmission" was invented by Rudolf Zeller (Seattle), Gary Garrabrant (Seattle), Timothy Bayliss (Maple Valley, Wash.) and John E. Mercer (Gig Harbor, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a transmitter for use in conjunction with a horizontal directional drilling system that transmits a multi-bit symbol stream that characterizes sensor symbols for receipt by an aboveground portable device. The portable device receives the symbol stre...