US Patent Issued to Sikora on Sept. 23 for "Method for determining at least one geometric parameter of a strand- or plate-shaped object" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,249, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sikora AG (Bremen, Germany).

"Method for determining at least one geometric parameter of a strand- or plate-shaped object" was invented by Hilmar Bolte (Bremen, Germany), Harald Sikora (Bremen, Germany) and Kolja T. Schuh (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for determining at least one geometric parameter of an object comprising a molten component. The method includes determining a relationship between a refractive index of the object and a shrinkage occurring during a solidification of the object. The refractive index and at least one geometric parameter of ...