ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,785, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Measuring system and method of measuring static charges" was invented by Tzu-Sou Chuang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Chwen Yu (Taipei City, Taiwan), En Tian Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chi Wen Kuo (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a measuring system. The measuring system includes an insulative tube, a capacitor and a static charge meter. The insulative tube is configured to allow a fluid to flow therethrough. The capacitor is disposed on a surface of a section of the insulative tube. The c...