ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,536, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AMP Robotics Corp. (Louisville, Colo.).

"Vacuum tube assembly for material removal" was invented by Jonathan M. Byars (Lafayette, Colo.), Matthew Stanton (Denver), James Gregory Braeckel III (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Stefan Michael Elsener (Erie, Colo.), Samuel Creighton (Golden, Colo.), Simon Patrick Hall (Denver), Jacob John Schmidt (Denver), Peter Edward Gayler (Arvada, Colo.), Richard Reisbick (Westminster, Colo.), Kevin Taylor (Boulder, Colo.) and Jacob Fitzgerald (Wheat Ridge, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum tube assembly for removing material is disclosed, including: a vacuum...