ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,748, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Micropply Ltd. (Cheshire, Great Britain).

"Ground deposition machine for sloping surfaces" was invented by Anthony David George Rhoades (Altrincham, Great Britain), Samuel Paul Cornish-Evans (Knutsford, Great Britain) and Lewis Cassidy (Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray head arrangement, suitable for use in a ground deposition apparatus, wherein in operation the spray head arrangement is moved linearly along a horizontal mounting rail, the spray head arrangement having: a vertical mounting rail; a second support arm arranged orthogonally to the vertical mounting r...