ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,857, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Method of measuring a conductivity of a liquid using a conductivity sensor" was invented by Akifumi Morishita (Komaki, Japan) and Takao Ohnishi (Fuso-cho, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductivity measurement method includes: a) measuring a first complex impedance between a first detection electrode and a second detection electrode at a first frequency with a liquid being in contact with a protective layer to face each of the first and second detection electrodes through the protective layer; b) extracting a first extraction value from the first c...