ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,444, issued on Sept. 8.

"Device for the cathodic protection of metal components of boats" was invented by Silvestro Scotto (Monte Argentario, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cathodic protection including a container body that may include an inner chamber and at least one conductive interface. The device may additionally include an anode, a reference electrode, a direct current source disposed in the container body, and a positive pole electrically connected to the anode. The device may additionally include a control unit that is configured to measure an electric voltage triangleV between the conductive interface and...