ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,102, issued on July 28, was assigned to Industrial Vacuum Transfer Services USA LLC (Houston).

"Assemblies and methods for material extraction from retention collections" was invented by Randall Earl Thomas (Harwood, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies and methods to extract materials from a retention collection may include a vacuum source including a series of vacuum generators configured to generate a vacuum flow to create a suction between the retention collection and a material collector for extraction of the material from the retention collection and transfer to the material collector. The suction generated by the va...