ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,313, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Calibration system" was invented by Chen-Ho Chien (Taipei, Taiwan), Li-Hui Hsieh (Taipei, Taiwan) and Jen-Jer Jaw (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibration system is configured to detect a capacity difference of a tipping bucket rain gauge and determine an operational condition of the tipping bucket rain gauge. The calibration system includes a field calibration device, a detection communication box, and an application. The application is executed by an electronic device, which, upon receiving metering information and environmenta...