ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,165, issued on May 13.

"Methods and apparatus for determining the speed of sound within a piping network" was invented by Daniel Gysling (South Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a flow measuring device may include a piping network having a region of interest, an inlet region, and outlet region, where the region of interest is configured to provide fluid communication between the inlet region and the outlet region. In addition, the flow measuring device may include a first sensor positioned within the inlet region and a second sensor positioned within the outlet region. The flow measuring devic...