US Patent Issued to ARMAMENTS CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA SOC on May 5 for "System and method for deterring aquatic animals by remote control of electromagnetic barrier" (South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,187, issued on May 5, was assigned to ARMAMENTS CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA SOC LTD (Pretoria, South Africa).

"System and method for deterring aquatic animals by remote control of electromagnetic barrier" was invented by Jacob Venter (Pretoria, South Africa), Johannes Van Wyk (Pretoria, South Africa) and Gabriel Jacobs (Pretoria, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for deterring aquatic animals. The system includes a plurality of deterrent modules which are spaced apart from, and interconnected with, each other, and which are, in use, positioned/located in a body of liquid at spaced apart posit...