US Patent Issued to Vector Corrosion Technologies on Sept. 30 for "Method and apparatus for cathodic protection of steel in a concrete structure located in an ionically conductive liquid" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,736, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Vector Corrosion Technologies Ltd. (Winnipeg, Canada).

"Method and apparatus for cathodic protection of steel in a concrete structure located in an ionically conductive liquid" was invented by Matthew Miltenberger (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Jason Chodachek (Melbourne, Fla.), John Ball (Frankfort, Ky.) and David Whitmore (Winnipeg, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cathodic protection of steel in a concrete column in sea water is simplified by providing a pre-assembled unit including a jacket to surround the column carrying a bulk sacrificial anode outside the jacket and optionally an inner sacri...