ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,809, issued on June 23, was assigned to OC S.R.L. (Pontinia, Italy).

"System of couplable prefabricated panels for building" was invented by Gerardo Ceccacci (Pontinia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system of prefabricated panels couplable by a coupling device engaged in grooves with dovetail-shaped cross sections, each groove having two mutually facing steps. The coupling device has a metallic coupling element having a first and a second tapered elements with height along a vertical axis and symmetrical with respect to a first plane perpendicular to the vertical axis. A foil key rotates the coupling element from...