ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,861, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PERI SE (Weissenhorn, Germany).

"Filler beam assembly" was invented by Anibrata Routh (Mumbai, India), K S. Arun (Mumbai, India), CNVS Rao (Mumbai, India) and A Sharanappa (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filler beam assembly of a formwork structure is disclosed. The filler beam assembly includes a beam having a first end and a second end distal to the first end. The first end and the second end are adapted to be in contact with top plates of respective drop head assemblies. The beam includes a top surface having a drophead interface edge at the first end and a drophead interfa...