US Patent Issued to HyperTunnel IP on Sept. 23 for "Method and system of underground deployment of materials and equipment" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,682, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HyperTunnel IP Ltd. (Basingstoke, Great Britain).

"Method and system of underground deployment of materials and equipment" was invented by James Helliwell (Basingstoke, Great Britain), Alan Meeks (Basingstoke, Great Britain) and Steve Jordan (Basingstoke, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Jet grouting involves injecting grout into geological material to improve its quality; however, use of jet grouting is limited to situations in which the injection systems can be positioned relatively close to the region to be improved. This can be impractical (for example in heavily built up area...