ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,169, issued on May 13, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for determining a fill level" was invented by Yvan Mimeault (Quebec, Canada), Raphael Desbiens (Quebec, Canada) and Simon Labrecque (Saint-Augustin de Desmaures, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for measuring a fill level of a tank is provided. The system includes a sensor disposed in the tank and configured to generate echo data. The system further includes a computing device including a memory configured to store a plurality of historical echo lists and a processor coupled in communication with the sensor. The processor is...