Lexington, MA, United States of America

Robert George Atkins

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent and 1 published patent application. Top assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Active years: 2014.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Robert George Atkins. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/robert-george-atkins

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

USPTO Granted Patents = 1 

% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 4.0

ph-index = 1

Forward Citations = 9(Granted Patents)


Company Filing History:


Years Active: 2014

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Robert George Atkins and Mobile Ground-Penetrating Radar

Introduction

Robert George Atkins is an inventor associated with Lexington, Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His patent work concerns mobile ground-penetrating radar technology for detecting changes beneath the ground.

Latest Patents

Atkins is credited with 1 patent: “Mobile Coherent Change Detection Ground Penetrating Radar.” The invention describes a method and system that uses a mobile ground-penetrating radar (GPR) platform to survey the same route at different times. The system aligns the resulting radar images by determining and correcting their lateral offset, then generates a difference image that reveals changes in the underground region between measurement passes.

Career Highlights

The patent highlights an approach to comparing underground radar measurements collected over time. By accounting for spatial misalignment between images, the system can distinguish changes in the surveyed region from differences caused by the platform’s position.

Collaborations

The supplied information names Justin John Brooke and Beijia Zhang as Atkins’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or the nature of their collaboration.

Conclusion

Robert George Atkins’s patent describes a mobile radar system designed to identify underground changes through repeated surveys and image comparison.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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