ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,169, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Measurement value correction of a reference mark on a material web" was invented by Alexander Galle (Treuen, Germany) and Thomas Eckl (Hirschau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for correcting a measurement value of a reference mark on a material web is disclosed. A controller, a machine, a computer program and a computer program product can perform a correction of this type. To improve determination of the position of a reference mark on a material web, a machine in which the material web is moved in a conveying direction has at least one tool that function...