US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on Nov. 18 for "Method for operating a material investigation device, and material investigation device of this type" (German, Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,497, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for operating a material investigation device, and material investigation device of this type" was invented by Heiko Sgarz (Leonberg, Germany), Jan-Michael Brosi (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany), Sandra Hagmayer (Neuhausen, Germany), Torsten Track (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) and Ina Sophie Boettcher (Simmersfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a hand-held material investigation device includes transmitting a measurement signal into an object under investigation, and acquiring a position of the material investigation d...