US Patent Issued to Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences on Dec. 16 for "Snow sublimation meter" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,263, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Lanzhou, China).

"Snow sublimation meter" was invented by Chuntan Han (Lanzhou, China), Rensheng Chen (Lanzhou, China), Yongping Shen (Lanzhou, China), Yong Yang (Lanzhou, China), Junfeng Liu (Lanzhou, China), Zhangwen Liu (Lanzhou, China), Xiqiang Wang (Lanzhou, China) and Shuhai Guo (Lanzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a snow sublimation meter, which includes a base, a snow storage tray, a weighing sensor and a snow cutting assembly. The base is used for supporting on t...