US Patent Issued to SeekOps on Nov. 25 for "Methods and apparatus for measuring methane emissions with an optical open-cavity methane sensor" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,867, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SeekOps Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Methods and apparatus for measuring methane emissions with an optical open-cavity methane sensor" was invented by Garrett Niall John (Escondido, Calif.), James Rutherford (Cypress, Texas) and Brendan James Smith (Lakeway, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods including: an air inlet configured to receive air; an air outlet configured to expel air; a duct connected between the air inlet and the air outlet; and an open-cavity optical sensor disposed in the duct, where an air flow stream within the duct passes through the open-cavity opti...