ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,776, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Jacob Angles (Paso Robles, Calif.).

"Device and method for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters" was invented by Jacob Angles (Paso Robles, Calif.) and Ricardo Tan (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a device and method for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters into drip irrigation tubing. The device can be provided with a magazine capable of holding a plurality of drip irrigation emitters. The magazine feeds individual drip irrigation emitters to a plunger and sleeve arrangement that cooperate to guide the drip irrigation emitters t...