ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,088, issued on March 3, was assigned to Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Ltd. (Changzhou, China), Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Ltd. (Changzhou, China) and Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai). Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Method for controlling discharge flow rate in a loss-in-weight scale" was invented by Shenhui Wang (Changzhou, China), Jingke Wang (Changzhou, China), Qi Wan (Changzhou, China), Xiaosong Wang (Changzhou, China), Zhengquan Liu (Changzhou, China), Gang Yang (Changzhou, China) and Song Zhang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discharge flow rate of a loss-in-weig...