ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,272, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to 2543500 ALBERTA LTD B.D.A. SHAW PIPE PROTECTION (Calgary, Canada).

"Coated pipe section and method for coating a pipe" was invented by Eileen Wan (Toronto), Tor Fredrik Bredeli (Toronto), Torgeir Sletvold (Toronto), Jan Peder Hegdal (Toronto), Suresh Choudhary (Toronto), Per Ove Singstad (Toronto) and Guido Ridolfi (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method for manufacturing coated pipe sections having a hollow conduit or an electrical cable within the coating. Also described are such pipe sections. The hollow conduit may be used to place sensors, fiber optics, or heating cab...