ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,203, issued on Dec. 30.
"Methods and systems for sealing a service pipe" was invented by Peter Paz (Har Adar, Israel) and David Hercky (Raanana, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods and systems for sealing at least one leak in at least one of at least one lateral pipe and a mains pipe, the method including passing a at least one of a pig train and said sealant composition under pressure along at least one of said main pipeline and said at least one lateral pipe such that a portion of the sealant composition enters at least one leakage site to seal and cure the at least one leak."
The patent wa...