ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,628, issued on April 8, was assigned to HEAT AND CONTROL INC. (Hayward, Calif.).

"Adaptive flow measurement system" was invented by Kenneth C. Petri (Richardson, Texas) and Paul Blake Svejkovsky (Mabank, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for correcting mass flow rate measurements relating to a conveyor used to move a stream of first component material portions to and through a mixing station in which a second component material is dispensed in a predetermined mass percentage of the mass of the first component material portions. The correction of the measurements is adapted to correct for inaccuracies that arise...