ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,302, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PLACO (Courbevoie, France).

"Structural component for supporting construction panels and a wall comprising the same" was invented by Shailee Goswami (Chennai, India) and Kanakavel S (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural component (100) for supporting construction panels is disclosed comprising an I-shaped strip having two parallel strips (P1. P2) and at least one strip (S1) perpendicular to (P1) and (P2). One or both the parallel strips (P1. P2) contain a plurality of substantially flat portions (110) and void portions (120) which alternate in a first directio...