ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,772, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER Co. LTD. (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Water level measurement system" was invented by Seung Chan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Duk-Joo Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yo-Han Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water level measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a support pipe installed in a water tank filled with a fluid to measure a water level and extending in a depth direction of the water tank, a support rod disposed in an inner space of the support pipe and extending in the depth direction of the water...