ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,722, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HORIBA STEC Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Flow rate control apparatus, flow rate control method, and program recording medium in which program for flow rate control apparatus is recorded" was invented by Kazuya Tokunaga (Kyoto, Japan) and Kotaro Takijiri (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow rate control apparatus can obtain a flow rate of a fluid passing through a downstream-side valve in a form in which noise is significantly reduced with little time delay, and has improved responsiveness. The flow rate control apparatus includes: a downstream-side valve flow rate meter that measure...