ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,485, issued on April 7.
"Vermin-resistant bocce court" was invented by Philip Park (Alamo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-maintenance bocce court surface comprising a concrete slab layer including an integrated drainage system with drain inlets, a modular suspended surface layer disposed over the concrete slab layer, a filter fabric layer disposed over the modular suspended surface layer, and a surface layer disposed over the filter fabric layer, wherein the drainage system is configured to drain water collected in the modular suspended surface layer to a location external to the bocce court, and a method of manufacturin...