ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,087, issued on April 7, was assigned to ISENSPRO NV (Leuven, Belgium).

"System and method for measuring condensation and/or advance of corrosion" was invented by Yves Gabriel Marie-Louis Desmet (Meise, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for measuring a conduit surrounded by an insulator provided with a first conductor, a second conductor and one or more third conductors includes a control and measuring circuit configured to determine a value which is representative of the capacitive coupling between the first conductor and the second conductor and one or more of said third conductors. At least a first switching means is ...