ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,768, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CCTEG COAL MINING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Beijing) and TIANDI SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Beijing).

"Method and system for temporary coating supporting and permanent bolt supporting" was invented by Hongpu Kang (Beijing), Pengfei Jiang (Beijing), Ziyue Wang (Beijing), Yongzheng Wu (Beijing), Yaozhong Wei (Beijing), Chang Liu (Beijing), Jichang Guo (Beijing), Chao Luo (Beijing), Xiaoming Cao (Beijing), Zhiliang Chen (Beijing) and Jianwei Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method and system for temporary coating supporting and permanent bolt supporting. Tunnel excavation con...