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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
George E. Kechter, Marysville, OH (US);
Vangal K. Narendran, Columbus, OH (US);
Robert B. Francini, Columbus, OH (US);
Brian N. Leis, Worthington, OH (US);
Assignee:
Gas Research Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/28 ;
Abstract
A method for monitoring sound in an in-ground pipeline via at least first and second in-ground acoustic sensors wherein the first in-ground acoustic sensor is in contact with the in-ground pipeline and the second in-ground acoustic sensor is spaced from both the first in-ground acoustic sensor and the in-ground pipeline.