ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,093, issued on April 29, was assigned to Pilz GmbH & Co. KG (Ostfildern, Germany).

"Gas burner system and method of operating the same" was invented by Lambertus Peter Monnee (Ostfildern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring an operation of a gas burner system in which a fuel/air mixture is ignited and a flame is generated by a burner during operation, includes: measuring the temperature of the flame by a flame temperature measurement installation that is actively cooled by impingement with cooling air; evaluating the temperature of the flame by an evaluation installation; interrupting a fuel supply to the bu...