ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,601, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to INTEGRATED ROADWAYS IP LLC (Miami Beach, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for precast slab construction and maintenance" was invented by Tim Sylvester (Kansas City, Mo.) and Tiziano Pedersoli (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A precast slab roadway and methods of constructing and maintaining the same. A construction method comprises pulling a distal portion of an electrical conductor from a distal end of a subgrade conduit so that a slack portion is drawn into the subgrade conduit, electrically connecting the electrical conductor to an electrical component of a junction box, electric...