ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,011, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Rosemount Inc. (Shakopee, Minn.).

"Process temperature sensor with improved thermal isolation" was invented by Nathan K. Holm (Mound, Minn.), Ryan C. Tarras (Savage, Minn.), Brandon L. Swick (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Greg E. Gindele (Maple Lake, Minn.), Cory M. Robinson (Mayer, Minn.) and Jason H. Rud (Chanhassen, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor assembly includes a temperature sensor body having a bore defined therein. The bore has a first internal surface feature and a second internal surface feature. A cap is disposed within the bore of the temperature sensor body proxi...