US Patent Issued to Vector Corrosion Technologies on Jan. 27 for "Cathodic protection of concrete using an anode attached to an outer surface" (Canadian, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,812, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Vector Corrosion Technologies Ltd. (Winnipeg, Canada).

"Cathodic protection of concrete using an anode attached to an outer surface" was invented by John Chris Ball (Frankfort, Ky.), David Whitmore (Winnipeg, Canada), Martin Beaudette (Winnipeg, Canada), Gerald Bruce Hiebert (Winnipeg, Canada), George Sergi (Walsall, Great Britain) and David Simpson (Harletbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode apparatus for mounting on an external surface of a concrete structure to provide cathodic protection of metal members in the concrete uses a pre-assembled body which is typically elo...