ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,977, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR Defense Inc. (Stillwater, Okla.).

"Modular sensor core visualization systems and methods" was invented by Craig Aker (Stillwater, Okla.), John Lynch (Stillwater, Okla.), Matthew Szabo (Stillwater, Okla.), Clinton M. Wichert (West Lafayette, Ind.), Robert C. Proebstel (Goleta, Calif.), Philip Tackett (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Markus Erbeldinger (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Analyte survey systems (100) and related techniques are provided to improve the operation of handheld or unmanned mobile sensor or survey platforms. An analyte survey system includes a logic device...