ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,495, issued on May 5, was assigned to BODUS GmbH (Aarau, Switzerland).

"Apparatus for inserting and positioning a pipeline lining in a pipe and method for inserting and positioning a pipeline lining in a pipe" was invented by Daniel Boller (Wittnau, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for inserting a pipeline lining (80) into a pipe (100) and for final positioning of the pipeline lining (80) inserted in a pipe (100). According to the invention, the apparatus comprises a housing (20), especially a drum-shaped housing, wherein a winding apparatus (25) is formed in the housing (20) and an ...