ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,722, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FUSION TOOLS INC. (Gallatin, Tenn.).

"Utility rope and method thereof" was invented by West Howard (Gallatin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility rope apparatus and a method of coupling first and second rope portions of the utility rope apparatus together is disclosed herein. The utility rope apparatus may include a rope, a main loop binding, a first end binding, and a second end binding. The rope may include a first end, a second end, and a length. The main loop binding may be to couple the first and second ends of the rope together to define a main loop of the rope. The first end bin...