ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,292, issued on July 7, was assigned to Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Kunsan National University (Gunsan-si, South Korea).

"Civil engineering civil fiber tube structure and civil engineering civil fiber tube structure connection construction method" was invented by Myoung Soo Won (Gunsan-si, South Korea) and Hyeong Joo Kim (Gunsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a civil engineering civil fiber tube structure that includes: a tube body part made of a flexible civil fiber material, initially having a rectangular shape, and is rolled in a drum shape such that a lower coupling port...