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US3124038A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method of plotting outcrop contours

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Granted: 1964-03-10
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Expires: 1981-03-10
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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 03:23
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C11/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 112 words
IN THE ART OF PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MAPPING, THE METHOD OF ESTABLISHING THE LOCI OF POINTS INDICATING THE OUTCROPPING CONTOUR OF A SUB-SURFACE MINERAL STRATUTUM UNDERLYING A GIVEN AREA OF THE EARTH''S SURFACE, ON A MAP OF SAID AREA DEVOID OF SURFACE CONTOUR LINES, SAID METHOD COMPRISING DEPICTING ON A MAP OF SAID AREA ELEVATION LINES INDICATING THE ELEVATION OF VARIOUS POINTS IN THE SURFACE OF THE SUB-SURFACE STRATUM, PLACING SAID MAP ON A DATUM PLANE BENEATH A PAIR OF STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTORS HAVING THEREIN DIAPOSITIVES OF THE AREA TO BE MAPPED, STEREOSCOPICALLY PROJECTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON SAID DATUM PLANE OF THE DIAPOSITIVE IMAGES, DISPOSING A PICKUP SCREEN BETWEEN THE PROJECTORS AND SAID DATUM
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 112 words
IN THE ART OF PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MAPPING, THE METHOD OF ESTABLISHING THE LOCI OF POINTS INDICATING THE OUTCROPPING CONTOUR OF A SUB-SURFACE MINERAL STRATUTUM UNDERLYING A GIVEN AREA OF THE EARTH''S SURFACE, ON A MAP OF SAID AREA DEVOID OF SURFACE CONTOUR LINES, SAID METHOD COMPRISING DEPICTING ON A MAP OF SAID AREA ELEVATION LINES INDICATING THE ELEVATION OF VARIOUS POINTS IN THE SURFACE OF THE SUB-SURFACE STRATUM, PLACING SAID MAP ON A DATUM PLANE BENEATH A PAIR OF STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTORS HAVING THEREIN DIAPOSITIVES OF THE AREA TO BE MAPPED, STEREOSCOPICALLY PROJECTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON SAID DATUM PLANE OF THE DIAPOSITIVE IMAGES, DISPOSING A PICKUP SCREEN BETWEEN THE PROJECTORS AND SAID DATUM

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1967-03-10 1967-09-09 1968-03-10 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1971-03-10 1971-09-09 1972-03-10 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1975-03-10 1975-09-09 1976-03-10 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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