ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,606, issued on May 5, was assigned to TektonOS Inc. (San Diego).

"Prefabricated truss construction modules" was invented by Kyle Tompane (San Diego) and Greg Otto (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides an article of manufacture that includes a rectangular horizontal member, a vertical member bisecting a length of the horizontal member and forming a T-junction at the horizontal member, first and second sloped members spanning from a top of the vertical member to opposing ends of the horizontal member, and first and second support members spanning from the T-junction between the vertical member and horizontal...