ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,349, issued on May 20.

"Lifting and repairing foundations" was invented by Bahman Niroumand (Bushehr, Iran) and Kimiya Niroumand (Bushehr, Iran).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for lifting and repairing a foundation is disclosed. The method includes digging a well in at least one lateral surface of the foundation, installing a shear plate to the at least one lateral surface of the foundation inside the opening of the well, further digging the well to a maximum depth of 6 m, compacting a bottom surface of the well at the maximum depth of 6 m, forming a layer of gravel, compacting the layer of the gravel, placing a double column...