ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,397, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Denver).

"Remediation of lead sheathed installed telecommunications cables" was invented by Patrick Giagnocavo (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing remediation of lead sheathed installed telecommunications cables. In various embodiments, a remediation tool, which is configured to move within an inner portion of lead sheathing for installed telecommunications cables, includes a microcontroller device, a connector configured to connect with a compressed air hose configured to direct compr...