ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,586, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to FINAPP S.r.l. (San Pietro in Cariano (VR), Italy).

"System and process for determining the water equivalent content of a snowpack" was invented by Luca Stevanato (Abano Terme, Italy), Marcello Lunardon (Verona, Italy), Sandra Moretto (Padua, Italy) and Giancarlo Nebbia (Cinto Euganeo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system (S) and a process for determining the water equivalent content of a snowpack (Snow Water Equivalent-SWE)."

The patent was filed on June 9, 2022, under Application No. 18/567,903.

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