ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,321, issued on July 7, was assigned to POST TENSION SERVICES GUJARAT LLP "PTSI" (Vadodara, India).

"Anchor for post tensioned concrete reinforcement" was invented by Urav Patel (Vadodara, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an anchor (10) for post tensioned concrete reinforcement comprising a base member (14), a rear tubular portion (22), a front tubular portion (24), reinforcing ribs (42), and four mounting holes (56). The square plate shaped base member (14) facilitates uniform distribution of load on the concrete surface. The base member (14) has rounded corners to minimize stress concentration. Th...