ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,541, issued on July 14, was assigned to Advantage Controls LLC (Muskogee, Okla.).

"Flow meter for dosing pumps" was invented by Christopher Henry Clark (Normangee, Texas) and Bruce Dorman Heller (Mazie, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow meter for a pulsed fluid stream, includes a flow body having an inlet and an outlet and defining a channel for the flow of the fluid stream in a direction from the inlet to the outlet. A float structure is disposed in the channel, having a ferromagnetic body. First, second and third coils surrounding first, second and third separated portions of the float body. The second coil is configured ...