ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,299, issued on July 7, was assigned to Minetec S.A. (Santiago, Chile).
"Modified bucket" was invented by Bernardo Luis Vera Torres (Santiago, Chile), Fernando Esteban De La Fuente Lopez (Santiago, Chile) and Antonio Flores (Santiago, Chile).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modified bucket that combines elements of buckets from different models of excavator shovels."
The patent was filed on Jan. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/161,229.
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