ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,839, issued on March 3, was assigned to Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia (Production/Supply) Ltd (Milton QLD, Australia).

"Driver socket for installation of a ground reinforcement bolt" was invented by Mietek Rataj (New South Wales, Australia), Bradley Darlington (New South Wales, Australia), Warren Roach (New South Wales, Australia), John Barry (New South Wales, Australia), Peter Young (New South Wales, Australia), Steven Weaver (New South Wales, Australia) and Osvaldo Vallati (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver socket for installation of a ground reinforcement bolt is provided. The driver so...