ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,315, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Methods and systems for detecting formula loops in virtual meter calculations" was invented by Chris Inkpen (Horsham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for detecting formula loops in virtual meter calculations are disclosed. The method comprises receiving, via at least one processor, a set of data associated with one or more physical meters and one or more virtual meters; creating, via the at least one processor, a dependency network between each of the one or more physical meters and the one or more virtual meters; o...