ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,100, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to AST (ADVANCED SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES) INTERNATIONAL ASSET GMBH. (Calw, Germany).

"Device and method for ascertaining a property of a fluid, fluid container and vehicle" was invented by Stefan Dilger (Donaueschingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for ascertaining a property of a fluid, having: an electric conductor assembly which is designed to be at least partly brought into contact with the fluid and which is designed as a voltage divider with two elements, wherein the first element is a first conductor which, at least in a current-conducting state, has a resistance value that ...