ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,993, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Krohne Messtechnik GmbH (Duisburg, Germany).

"Ultrasonic flowmeter and method for operating an ultrasonic flowmeter" was invented by Michael Vogt (Bochum, Germany) and Cornelis Johannes Hogendoorn (BG Spijk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic flowmeter includes first and second ultrasonic transducers and a control and evaluation unit connected thereto. The first and/or second ultrasonic transducer is/are an ultrasonic transmitter and/or an ultrasonic receiver. The first and second ultrasonic transducers are arranged on a measuring tube in such a way that a signal path is for...