ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,326, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Method for determining calibrated values of atmospheric pressure and related electronic apparatus" was invented by Enri Duqi (Milan), Patrick Fedeli (Senago, Italy), Nicolo' Manca (Turin, Italy) and Silvia Adorno (Novate Milanese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining calibrated values of atmospheric pressure using a reference value of atmospheric pressure and measured values of atmospheric pressure acquired when movable devices are and are not being inductively charged by a fixed device. An electronic apparatus having...