ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,800, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Rosemount Inc. (Shakopee, Minn.).

"Heat flow-based process fluid temperature estimation system with thermal time response improvement" was invented by Charles R. Willcox (Hopkins, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process fluid temperature estimation system includes a mounting assembly configured to mount the process fluid temperature estimation system to an external surface of a process fluid conduit. A sensor capsule has at least one temperature sensitive element disposed therein and is configured to sense at least a temperature of the external surface of the process fluid conduit. Measu...