ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,670, issued on April 14, was assigned to Micro Motion Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Controlling a viscosity of fuel in a fuel control system with a vibratory meter" was invented by Patrick John Zimmer (Denver), Steven M Jones (Erie, Colo.), John Ansdell Houghton (Holmfirth, Great Britain) and Paul Benedetti (Loveland, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a viscosity of fuel in a fuel control system with a vibratory meter is provided. The method includes providing the fuel to the vibratory meter, measuring a property of the fuel with the vibratory meter, and generating a signal based on the measured property of the ...