ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,120, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S (Bjerringbro, Denmark).

"Monitoring method for monitoring the operation of a dosing pump and dosing pump system" was invented by Klaus Muller (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Valeri Kechler (Pforzheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring method and dosing pump system monitor operation of a dosing pump including a dosing chamber (2), a displacement element (4) and an electric drive (12). A position (S) of the displacement element and a pressure (P) inside the dosing chamber are continuously recorded as a curve in a pressure-stroke diagram. The method includes monitor...