ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,822, issued on May 27, was assigned to Anchor Ring Solutions LLC (Pen Argyl, Pa.).

"Construction anchor apparatus and system and methodology of use" was invented by Joseph A. Fugallo III (East Meadow, N.Y.), John P Marra Jr. (Bangor, Pa.), James R. Walsh (Westport, Conn.) and Joseph Fugallo IV (East Meadow, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and apparatus include generating a building model of a building to be constructed at a construction site, identifying within the building model positional locations for installation of one or more anchor apparatuses within structural elements of the building model, transmitting ...