ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,791, issued on March 31, was assigned to LISEC Austria GmbH (Seitenstetten, Austria).

"Apparatus for measuring sheet-like workpieces, in particular flat glass panes or insulating glass elements" was invented by Markus Lininger (Seitenstetten, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for measuring a plate-shaped workpiece comprises a conveying device for conveying the plate-shaped workpiece in a conveying direction along a conveying path and first and second measuring devices including respective first and second drivers and respective first and second measuring rulers. Each of the first and second drivers is selectively c...