ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,992, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Buckman Laboratories International Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Method and apparatus for product inventory control and performance optimization" was invented by William Von Drasek (Oak Forest, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chemical product consumption monitoring device using force sensors integrated into a sealed sensor housing for retrofit installation on liquid or solid product chemical feeding systems used in water treatment. The sensor design is flexible and can be used with products having different form factors such as discs, bottles, pellets, or pails. The sensor is used to monitor the ...