ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,636, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to StoneAge Inc. (Durango, Colo.).

"Fluid lance stop position sensor detection method and system" was invented by Daniel Szabo (Durango, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for distinguishing target metal objects from each other in close proximity to each other. The method includes transmitting a first sinusoid signal via a first transmit coil to a first receive coil in close proximity to the first transmit coil; transmitting a second sinusoidal signal at a second frequency and amplitude different from the first frequency and amplitude to a second receive coil arranged in close proximity...