ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,675, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BOCCI DESIGN & MANUFACTURING INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Method and apparatus for finished installation of electrical box outlet flush in a concrete wall" was invented by Randall Bishop (Vancouver, Canada) and Patrick Mulcahy (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for mounting an electrical junction box in a concrete structure and methods of making concrete structures with such electrical junction boxes molded therein are disclosed. The system includes a secondary plate configured to be mounted to a closure plate of an electrical junction box, a removable blank seated in the s...