ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,085, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Pipetronics GmbH & Co. KG (Rohrbach, Germany).

"Device for the rehabilitation of pipelines, comprising a slope sensor" was invented by Christian Noll (Limburgerhof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a clearing device for the rehabilitation of a pipeline, especially for clearing a branching-off in a pipeline system rehabilitated by means of a tubular liner, comprising at least one clearing device, which is movably mounted by at least one degree of freedom, and a slope sensor located on the clearing device."

The patent was filed on May 5, 2020, under Application No....