ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,456, issued on March 31.

"Modular building blocks" was invented by Sahier Elkhattib (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A block contrivance for forming a wall or pavement of a building including a rectangularly shaped block contrivance; one or more bump implements; one or more shell implements; a pump tool; a pump shell tool; and an opening portion disposed on said one or more bump implements and one or more shell implements, wherein said opening portion is configured to allow passage at least one of a wire, a cable, a plumbing material, a reinforcement like metal bar."

The patent was filed on Feb. 20, 2024, under Applicati...