ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,840, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Electromagnetic flowmeter with a plurality of coils" was invented by Pascal Aitbraham (Haguenau, France), Qin Qin Fu (Dalian, China) and Frederic May (Eberbach-Seltz, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring section configure to permit flow of fluid through the electromagnetic flowmeter, a plurality of pairs of coils installed on the circumference of the measuring section, and a transmitter which provides at least one driving current to excite the plurality pairs of coils, wherein the plurality of pairs of coils includes a first...