ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,332, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Pilz GmbH & Co. KG (Ostfildern, Germany).

"Apparatus and method for monitoring inerting" was invented by Reinhold-Johannes Ossapofsky (Ostfildern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for monitoring inerting in an exhaust gas discharge of a production facility includes a first flow measuring unit; a second flow measuring unit, and a monitoring unit. The first flow measuring unit is connectable to a first flow meter arranged in a first supply line of a first gas to the production facility and the second flow measuring unit is connectable to a second flow meter arranged in a second s...