ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,547, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to United Kingdom Research and Innovation (Swindon, Great Britain).
"Atmospheric pressure sensor" was invented by Emal Rumi (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are disclosed methods and apparatus for remotely measuring atmospheric pressure using a satellite (10). Measurements of reflections of a plurality of different frequencies of radio waves received back at the satellite are made, following transmission from the satellite into the atmosphere of radio waves at each of the different frequencies. Atmospheric pressure is then estimated by comparing the measurements o...