ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,391, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SICK ENGINEERING GMBH (Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany).

"Fluid flow meter, monitoring system comprising at least one such fluid flow meter and method for operating a fluid flow meter" was invented by Jorg Wenzel (Dippoldiswalde, Germany) and Daniel Heinig (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid flow meter serves to determine a flow of a fluid, in particular in a form of gas, in a pipe, wherein the fluid flow meter is configured to generate a first measurement variable and at least one second measurement variable for the fluid, and to generate at least one first diagnostic paramet...