ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,368, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA (Herstal, Belgium).

"Monitoring the oil of a lubrication device" was invented by Nicolas Oscar Louis Ghislain Raimarckers (Herstal, Belgium) and Stephane Alain Luc Ghislain Bougelet (Herstal, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting particles in a lubricating oil of a machine, comprising a particle separator; at least one particle detector; a bypass conduit for the particle-concentrating oil, fluidly connected to an oil outlet of the particle separator, concentrating the particles; and wherein the at least one particle detector is operatively mounted...