ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,014, issued on Nov. 25.

"Conduit integrity system" was invented by Juan Luis Marquez Jr. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus for preventing friction based damage to wire conduit comprises a protecting surface configured on or in sections of conduit prone to wire friction as wire is pulled through the conduit."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/091,305.

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