ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,629, issued on March 17, was assigned to ETAK Systems LLC (Huntersville, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for utilizing remote visualization for performing micro-trenching" was invented by Lee Priest (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for performing micro-trenching include causing one or more cameras to capture a plurality of photographs of an installation area; obtaining the plurality of photographs and causing processing of the plurality of photographs to provide one or more remote visualizations of the installation area; utilizing the one or more remote visualizations to determine an optimal route for m...