ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,739, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MOBA Mobile Automation AG (Limburg, Germany).

"Asphalt mixing plant" was invented by Paul Angerhofer (Peachtree City, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Asphalt mixing plant, comprising a mixing drum and a temperature monitoring system, the temperature monitoring system comprising a temperature sensor configured for contactless measurement of a material temperature of an asphalt mix to obtain at least a first temperature value for at least a first point of time, where the temperature sensor is arranged at an area of an output of the mixing drum or at a discharge chute of the mixing drum; and an...