ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,178, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Zero Lamotte Street LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Concrete underdeck repair device" was invented by W. Scott Hemphill (Wilmington, Del.), Austin T. Bender (North East, Md.) and M. Scott McCormick (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate system for use in repairing the flange-to-flange connections for pre-cast and pre-stressed double tee systems by connecting the plate system to the underside of the flange-to-flange connections."

The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/376,296.

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