ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,249, issued on July 7, was assigned to Deep Isolation Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).
"Hazardous waste canister with dual lid" was invented by Richard A. Muller (Berkeley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hazardous material storage system includes a drillhole extending into the Earth and including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface. The drillhole includes a substantially vertical portion, a curved portion, and a horizontal portion that includes a hazardous waste repository formed within a first portion of the horizontal portion of the drillhole, the hazardous waste repository vertically isolated, by a rock formation, from...