ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,937, issued on June 2, was assigned to SOPH International Ltd. (Road Town, Great Britain).

"Magnetic force measuring device" was invented by Hong Ding (Jiaxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic force measuring device includes a measuring body and a pressure gage. A center of the measuring body is provided with a longitudinal channel. A lifting system, an intermediate system, and a jacking block are arranged in the longitudinal channel. The pressure gage is associated with the intermediate system. Bottom surfaces of the measuring body and the jacking block are flush to form a same contact surface in contact with a magnet...