ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,365, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Aqua Management Technologies (East London, South Africa).

"Feed formulation for aquaculture systems" was invented by Walter Lawrence Grant (Pretoria, Canada) and Andre Willem Bok (Hermanus, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing phenol in an Aquaculture System via regulating the feed includes: providing an aquatic environment including a captive area for cultured animals and consisting of either an aquaculture cage, pond or one or more of a filter for solid waste removal, a biofilter configured for ammonia remediation, an aeration system for regulating oxygen, and a filter f...