US Patent Issued to Vinegar Technologies on Feb. 17 for "Muon tomography for subsurface structure detection using horizontal borehole" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,037, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Vinegar Technologies LLC (West Lake Hills, Texas).

"Muon tomography for subsurface structure detection using horizontal borehole" was invented by Harold Vinegar (West Lake Hills, Texas) and Eva Vinegar (West Lake Hills, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for detecting underground structures using muon tomography in conjunction with a horizontal borehole. The system involves drilling or tunneling a horizontal borehole beneath the expected subsurface substructure depth, deploying multiple muon detector units within the borehole, equipment for moving the detector sonde alo...