US Patent Issued to Innovative Building Technologies on Oct. 14 for "Multi-story building having podium level steel transfer structure" (Washington, Oregon, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,185, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Innovative Building Technologies LLC (Seattle).

"Multi-story building having podium level steel transfer structure" was invented by Arlan E. Collins (Seattle), Mark L. Woerman (Seattle), Mark D'Amato (Seattle), Eric P. Hinckley (Superior, Colo.), Calder Danz (Seattle), Christopher J. Allen (Aloha, Ore.) and Dale V. Paul (Poulsbo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building includes a podium level steel transfer structure configured to receive vertical loads and lateral loads from upper portions of the building. The building may be a low-rise building or a mid-rise building. The podium level...