ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,793, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CCIIP LLC (New York).
"Microtrench gravel installer and method of filling and sealing a microtrench containing an optical fiber and/or innerduct/microduct using the microtrench gravel installer" was invented by Angelo J. Pino Jr. (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microtrench gravel installer configured to install gravel into a microtrench at a precise gravel layer thickness using a gravel leveler and/or a premeasured gravel box. A hot patch fill wand box surrounding the wand configured for installing a hot patch fill sealant into a microtrench. A method of filling and sealing a micro...