ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,694, issued on July 7, was assigned to Krohne Messtechnik GmbH (Duisburg, Germany).

"Test device for a modular magnetic-inductive flowmeter, test method for such a test device, test device for a monolithic magnetic-inductive flowmeter, and test method for such a test device" was invented by Michael Gerding (Bochum, Germany), Olaf Kaluza (Herten, Germany) and Wilhelm Florin (Duisburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test device for a modular magnetic-inductive flowmeter is disclosed. The test device allows for a dry functional test which does not require measurement of a current through a coil of the modular magnetic-inductive...