ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,036, issued on March 11, was assigned to S.P.D. S.P.A. (Caravaggio, Italy).

"Portable meter for measuring a force generated by a magnetic apparatus" was invented by Giuseppe Filosa (Caravaggio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable meter (1) for measuring a force generated by a magnetic apparatus (2), comprising a mobile probe (3) configured to be coupled to the magnetic apparatus (2) whose force needs to be measured, the probe (3) comprising at least one active ferromagnetic element (4) which has a configuration corresponding to that of a pole (N, S) on the magnetic apparatus whose force needs to be measured, the probe be...