ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,504, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TEKTRONIX INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Test and measurement instrument with removable battery pack" was invented by Chris A. Valentine (Portland, Ore.), Prashanth Thota (Tigard, Ore.), Steve U. Reinhold (Hillsboro, Ore.), Jonathan D. Clem (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Timothy Keil (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test system includes a test and measurement instrument having one or more inputs for receiving one or more signals to be measured or tested, a display for outputting measurement results or test results, one or more processors for operating the instrument, a chassis housing the inst...