ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,401, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SARTORIUS LAB INSTRUMENTS GMBH & Co. KG (Goettingen, Germany).
"Gravimetric measuring device" was invented by Malte Staender (Heiligenstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gravimetric measuring device (10, 10', 10", 10'") includes a balance base body (12) and a top unit (14, 14', 14", 14'"), wherein the balance base body (12) has a balance base body wall (20), to which the top unit (14, 14', 14", 14'") can be reversibly fixed, and a weighing system with a load receptor (22) passing through the balance base body wall (20) and the top unit (14, 14', 14", 14'"). A plurality of optical, m...