ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,593, issued on May 27, was assigned to BELIMO HOLDING AG (Hinwil, Switzerland).

"Method and device for determining antifreeze content in a fluid of an HVAC system" was invented by Forest Reider (Hinwil, Switzerland), Stefan Mischler (Wald, Switzerland), Volkher Scholz (Zurich, Switzerland) and Philip Holoch (Neschwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining antifreeze content in a fluid of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes receiving, in a processor, measurement data of the fluid, the measurement data comprising a measured temperature of the fluid and a measured speed of so...