ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,465, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Sensia Netherlands B.V. (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

"Ultrasonic flowmeter with asymmetrical transducer windows" was invented by Ross Ryskamp (Pittsburgh), Gregor James Brown (Prestwick, Great Britain) and Ryan Yonish (Bethel Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods provided herein relate to an ultrasonic transmission link including a transmitter connected to a first acoustic window that is in contact with a transmission medium and a receiver connected to a second acoustic window in contact with the transmission medium, wherein the geometry and/or material properties of the fir...