ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,318, issued on July 28, was assigned to Bird Technologies Group Inc. (Solon, Ohio).

"Self-calibrating radio frequency calorimeter" was invented by Martin Dummermuth (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Timothy Holt (Chardon, Ohio), Jeffrey Klis (Chardon, Ohio), Bill Clemson (Solon, Ohio) and Adam Cordingley (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a radio frequency (RF) calorimeter having National Metrology Institute (NMI) traceable measurement accuracy with uncertainty of less than about plus-minus0.25%, including the incorporation of a low-frequency reference source integral to the calorimeter for the purpose of self-calibration,...