ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,720, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Condux International Inc. (Mankato, Minn.).

"Transmission line advancement system with transmission line speed adjustment" was invented by Bradley Paul Radichel (Key Largo, Fla.), Heinz U. Wortmann (Lino Lakes, Minn.) and David J. Hassing (Mankato, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the installation of transmission lines with a transmission line advancement system. The transmission line advancement system is configured to install a variety of transmission lines into a conduit, pipe, duct, or the like, including fiber optic cables and electrical transmission lin...