ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,104, issued on April 15, was assigned to SENVEX Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and SAMSUNG E&A Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Prefabricated bracket assembly integrated to prefabricated column assembly for connecting PC beams" was invented by Chang Nam Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a prefabricated bracket assembly integrated into a prefabricated column assembly for connecting PC beams, the end portions of PC beams being placed inside the prefabricated bracket assembly that is assembled on top of the prefabricated column assembly, into which concrete is poured so as to connect th...