ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,971, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Renishaw PLC (Wotton-under-Edge, Great Britain).

"Metrology radio communications system" was invented by John Anthony Styles (Wotton-under-Edge, Great Britain) and Paul Anthony Taylor (Wotton-under-Edge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frequency hopping radio communications system includes a measurement station having a first clock and an interface station having a second clock. The measurement station transmits measurement information from a measurement event. The measurement information includes timing information relating the measurement event to the first clock. The interfa...