ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,064, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"Advanced geological prediction method and system based on perception while drilling" was invented by Zhenhao Xu (Jinan, China), Peng Lin (Jinan, China), Shucai Li (Jinan, China), Huihui Xie (Jinan, China), Heng Shi (Jinan, China), Zhaoyang Wang (Jinan, China), Fumin Liu (Jinan, China) and Ruiqi Shao (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An advanced geological prediction method and system based on perception while drilling, and relates to advanced geological prediction. The solution includes: acquiring drilling parameters during drilling; obtaining phy...