ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,821, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AICHI STEEL Corp. (Tokai, Japan).

"Magnetic marker installation method and supplemental tool for installing magnetic marker" was invented by Ryota Fujimura (Tokai, Japan), Takayuki Ando (Tokai, Japan), Tetsuya Iwase (Tokai, Japan) and Takashi Shimoto (Tokai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supplemental tool for installation that can achieve both high magnetic-marker installation efficiency and high magnetic-marker installation accuracy is provided. A supplemental tool for arranging a magnetic marker in an accommodation hole provided by being drilled in a road surface includes a columnar-...