ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,998, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KEYENCE Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Level meter having a radio wave transmission unit and a radio wave reception unit" was invented by Daishiro Ishikawa (Osaka, Japan) and Takahiro Ishii (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a level meter having a high degree of freedom in an installation place. The level meter includes a sensor unit and a controller that communicates with the sensor unit and supplies power. The sensor unit includes a signal generation unit that generates a transmission signal, a transmission unit that transmits a radio wave according to the generated transmission s...