ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,049, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BERKIN B.V. (Ruurlo, Netherlands).

"Thermal-type flow sensor with a thermally conductive frame element in the form of a printed circuit board (PCB)" was invented by Coen Adrian Robert Tom Bruggeman (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Tristan Doornebosch (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Erik Pieter Van Gaasbeek (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Hefney Job De Haan (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Gert Jan Snijders (Ruurlo, Netherlands) and Rene Henri Wouter Van Der Wal (Ruurlo, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a thermal-type flow sensor (1) for a flow meter, comprising a main channel part (3b) with a main...