ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,759, issued on March 25, was assigned to Shenzhen University (Shenzhen, China).

"CFRP concrete composite component with partitioned cathodic protection and operation and maintenance method thereof" was invented by Biao Hu (Shenzhen, China), Ruibo Liu (Shenzhen, China), Yingwu Zhou (Shenzhen, China), Yufei Wu (Shenzhen, China), Feng Xing (Shenzhen, China) and Zhongfeng Zhu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) concrete composite component with partitioned cathodic protection and an operation and maintenance method thereof are provided. The composite component includes multiple longit...