VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: VWAV) filed a U.S. non-provisional utility patent application on July 24, 2026, for its DeepWave RF™ technology, a subsurface sensing and visualization platform intended for drilling and geological exploration applications.

The application, U.S. Patent Application No. 19/752,680, is titled "Systems and Methods of Integrated Software-Defined Radio and Drilling for Near-Bit Subsurface Sensing and Visualization" and was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Dr. Danny Rittman, the company's chief technology officer, is identified as the first named inventor. The filing claims priority to a provisional application filed April 8, 2026. The company noted that no assurance can be given that a patent will be issued.

According to the company, DeepWave RF™ is designed to integrate software-defined radio with a drill string or bottom-hole assembly, along with a near-bit antenna system, adaptive RF waveform control, edge processing, and an AI-assisted inversion engine. The system is intended to process electromagnetic signals and generate a probabilistic representation of subsurface formations ahead of the drill bit.

The platform is designed to identify subsurface features including fractures, geological boundaries, voids, gas anomalies, fluid contacts, and mineralized structures. The company states the technology may use physics-informed neural networks incorporating Maxwell's equations into the inversion process.

"DeepWave is designed to give drilling teams something the industry has pursued for decades: meaningful visibility into the formation before the drill bit reaches it," said Dr. Rittman.

The company noted that achievable sensing range would depend on formation conductivity, dielectric properties, drilling fluid, and antenna configuration, and that highly conductive formations may substantially reduce RF penetration.

VisionWave stated the technology is intended for applications beyond oil and gas, including geothermal energy, mineral exploration, water detection, and geological surveying. The technology remains in development and has not been commercialized.