ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,650, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Battery-operated measurement device" was invented by Levin Dieterle (Oberwolfach, Germany) and Roland Welle (Hausach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-operated measuring device with a housing in which a magnetic switch is located is described. An adhesive layer is attached to the outside of the housing, with which the measuring device can be stuck to a desired measuring location. The adhesive layer is covered by a protective film. The protective film is connected to a magnet, so that pulling off the protective film from the adhesive layer ...