ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,786, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INFICON AG (Balzers, Liechtenstein).

"Operating method for a group of pressure sensors" was invented by Christian Berg (Stafa, Switzerland), Rolf Enderes (Malans, Switzerland), Martin Wuest (Malans, Switzerland) and Bernhard Andreaus (Rapperswil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a group of pressure sensors is provided. First and second pressure sensors respectively have first and second pressure measurement ranges, and are arranged to measure the pressure in a common measurement volume, and have measurement ranges that overlap in a range. The method comprises: a...