- Patent Title: Identifying subterranean structures using amorphous metal markers
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Application No.: US15796383Application Date: 2017-10-27
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Publication No.: US10989834B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Christopher Lee Martin
- Applicant: Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation
- Applicant Address: US ND Grand Forks
- Assignee: Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation
- Current Assignee: Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US ND Grand Forks
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16L1/11
- IPC: F16L1/11 ; G01V15/00 ; G01V3/08 ; E02F5/00 ; F16L9/12

Abstract:
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for identifying non-metallic subterranean structures using amorphous metal markers associated with the structures. Some examples will include the amorphous metal in the form of one or more sections of an amorphous metal foil within a protective enclosure sufficient to physically isolate the amorphous metal foil from the surrounding Earth. The amorphous metal foil and enclosure may be in the form of a tape which either will be secured to, or placed proximate the subterranean structure, which may be, for example, a pipe or conduit, or other non-metallic structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190129064A1 IDENTIFYING SUBTERRANEAN STRUCTURES USING AMORPHOUS METAL MARKERS Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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