US Patent Issued to Niez Tech on Jan. 27 for "Service tool for cutting and plugging a utility service line" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,738, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Niez Tech LLC (Brewster, Mass.).

"Service tool for cutting and plugging a utility service line" was invented by Brian Niezgoda (Brewster, Mass.) and Dean Niezgoda (Brewster, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A service tool for cutting and plugging a utility service line has a body with a receiving portion configured to receive the utility service line and a clamping mechanism movable relative to the body and configured to clamp around at least a portion of an outer circumference of the utility service line. The service tool further includes a cutting blade disposed in the receiving portion a...