ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,818, issued on May 27, was assigned to Connor Sports Flooring LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Adhesive anchoring of subfloor" was invented by Jason Gasperich (Salt Lake City), Doug Grove (Salt Lake City) and Andrew Jones (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subfloor and subfloor anchoring system are disclosed, including a subfloor anchor adhesively attached to a slab. The subfloor anchor can include an anchor base and an anchor pin, with the anchor base adhesively attached to the slab, and the anchor pin attached to the anchor base and advanceable towards the anchor base. The anchor pin contacts an upper surface of a subfloor comp...