ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,423, issued on July 21, was assigned to Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Ltd. (Changzhou, China), Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Ltd. (Changzhou, China) and Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"U-shaped plate for weighing module and weighing module comprising same" was invented by Youyi Wu (Changzhou, China), Chunhui Li (Changzhou, China), Zhihe Chao (Changzhou, China), Jinjie Cai (Changzhou, China), Chenggang Ding (Changzhou, China) and Shenhui Wang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A U-shaped plate for a weighing module and a weighing module having t...