ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,065, issued on March 3, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).
"Smart paint stick devices and methods" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Location systems and methods for locating paint and other markings on a surface are described. More specifically, but not exclusively, the disclosure relates to smart paint stick devices and methods for locating and marking buried utility lines or other buried objects. One system for locating a buried object may include a buried object locator and paint stick. The locator may include a tracking component for detecting a location of a buried object. Th...