ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,416, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Jensen Enterprises Inc. (Reno, Nev.).

"Utility access box lid labeling system and methods" was invented by Tyler Haack (Reno, Nev.), Jon Reed (Oakdale, Calif.), Ryan Black (Henderson, Nev.), Bryan Bach (Reno, Nev.), Morgan Baumann (Las Vegas) and Richard Miller (Auburn, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for labeling lids for utility access boxes using a receiver cast into the lid where the receiver has receiving slots with snap tabs for receiving cantilever arms on a name plate to affix the nameplate to the lid of the utility access box. Alternatively, receiving slots ...