ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,272, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to IMPACTO PROTENSAO LTD (Fortaleza, Brazil).

"Computer-implemented verification of post-tensioning systems" was invented by Joaquim Caracas (Ceara, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for improving accuracy in installing and verifying post-tensioning cables are described herein. In an embodiment, a computing system receives a computer-aided design drawing of a structure with post-tensioning cables and uses the computer-aided design drawing to populate a base spreadsheet with data extracted from the drawing. The computing system then determines a plurality of locations on a...