ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,103, issued on March 24.

"Aquatic organism acclimation system" was invented by Scott Habetz (Lake Charles, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for acclimatizing aquatic organisms in an aquarium environment. In one embodiment, an acclimatizer has at least one but preferably two water pump heads, each pump head having a suction and discharge hose. The acclimatizer has a hanger with one or more hose guides that help secure suction hoses during use. A pump motor controller for each pump controls the rate of discharge for that pump, or in some embodiments, all pumps. In some embodiments, a dual-head pump is used. O...