ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,441, issued on April 14.

"Thruster conduit assemblies" was invented by Richard L. Hartman (Twin Lakes, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wakeboats that include an aquatic invasive species control apparatus are provided. These wakeboats can include: a wakeboat with a hull; at least one throughhull fitting in the hull of the wakeboat; an irradiation chamber in fluid communication with the at least one throughhull fitting, the irradiation chamber having a radiation source; and at least one water destination aboard the wakeboat. Methods for irradiating invasive aquatic species aboard a wakeboat are also provided. The methods can incl...