ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,752, issued on March 3, was assigned to SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Guangzhou, China).

"Drainage pressure relief anti-floating system suitable for weakly permeable soft stratum" was invented by Guanyong Luo (Guangzhou, China), Fei Yang (Guangzhou, China), Hong Pang (Guangzhou, China) and Hong Cao (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the present invention is a drainage pressure relief anti-floating system suitable for a weakly permeable soft stratum. The drainage pressure relief anti-floating system comprises a pressure relief well body and an artificial hydrophobic layer, wherein longitudinal bars a...