ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,730, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to REFLECTION MARINE NORGE AS (Laksevag, Norway).

"Compressive sensing marine streamer system" was invented by Ahmet Kemal Ozdemir (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Jon-Fredrik Hopperstad (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments included herein are directed towards a marine seismic streamer. The seismic streamer may include an outer skin formed in longitudinally extending tubular shape, an inner surface of the outer skin defining an internal volume containing a gel substance. The seismic streamer may also include a plurality of micro-electro-mechanical ("MEMS") sensors and...