ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,677, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Dubai Future Foundation (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

"Cable-driven devices and systems for performing surface operations" was invented by Ahmad Alattar (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Tanzim Ahmed (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Maitha Alqaydi (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Erhamah Alsuwaidi (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Omar Alhammadi (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Yahya Al Hajj (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and Tarek Taha (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods of performing a surface operation on a building are provided. The device comprise...