US Patent Issued to Picarro on June 2 for "Methane emission assessment using mobile surveys over time in a target area" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,874, issued on June 2, was assigned to Picarro Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Methane emission assessment using mobile surveys over time in a target area" was invented by Sean MacMullin (Raleigh, N.C.), Francois-Xavier Rongere (Fremont, Calif.), Noah Randolph (San Carlos, Calif.) and Alan Ly (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, methane leak emissions are quantified accurately in natural gas distribution systems in which mobile surveys are performed on different parts of a target area over an extended reporting period (e.g. a year or more). Emission calculations depend on repair and/or mobile survey schedule...