ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,102, issued on June 17, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Ageing and dust detection in a meter" was invented by Tobias Meimberg (Emden, Germany), Norbert Flerlage (Loeningen, Germany), Christian Lampe-Juergens (Spelle, Germany), Andreas Wuchrer (Georgsmarienhuette, Germany) and Ralf Schroeder genannt Berghegger (Glandorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ageing and dust detection system, comprising: a data collection unit configured to collect a plurality of parameters of a gas meter; and a processing unit, configured to: receive the plurality of the parameters of the gas meter; calculate a num...