ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,612, issued on July 8, was assigned to VEGA GRIESHABER KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Level measuring instrument with radar system on chip" was invented by Roland Welle (Hausach, Germany), Joerg Boersig (Schapbach, Germany) and Steffen Waelde (Niedereschach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level measuring instrument is provided, including a microwave integrated circuit in a form of a radar system on chip with at least two transmission hardware channels, each to generate a transmission signal, and at least two receiving hardware channels, each to receive reflected signals from a product surface; a noise level reduction device configu...