ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 26 -- Utility Solutions, Hickory, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (9,478,374) developed by two co-inventors for a "portable load-breaking and pickup jumper apparatus." The co-inventors are Eugene H. Wood, Hickory, North Carolina, and Matthew G. Nolte, Hickory, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2014 (14/223,937). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF& . . .