ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,767, issued on March 3, was assigned to Rockwool A/S (Hedehusene, Denmark).

"Storage and gradual release of storm water with MMVF" was invented by Morten Agenfeld Fagerberg (Hedehusene, Denmark) and Michaeel Emborg (Hedehusene, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a storm water management system comprising a first conduit, a storage device, a first well and a valve, wherein the storage device comprises a coherent man-made vitreous fibre module (MMVF module), wherein the MMVF module comprises an upper passage and a lower passage, wherein the upper passage is in fluid communication with the first cond...