ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,486, issued on June 23, was assigned to THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Force magnetometer for reel-to-reel assessment of superconducting tapes" was invented by Jan J. Jaroszynski (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for reel-to-reel assessment of superconducting tapes (for example, REBCO CC tape) at low temperatures (for example, less than or equal to 65K). For example, the apparatus may be a force magnetometer. The apparatus may include one or more reels and pulleys used to move the superconducting tape into and out of a cryostat. The apparatus may al...