US Patent Issued to BP Exploration Operating on Feb. 24 for "Uncrewed offshore node deployment systems and methods" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,213, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Uncrewed offshore node deployment systems and methods" was invented by Ted Manning (Sunbury-on-Thames, Great Britain) and Johnathan Stone (Sunbury-on-Thames, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An offshore node deployment system includes a control system, a surface vessel including a deck, and a propulsion system in signal communication with the control system, a node storage container supported by the deck of the surface vessel, wherein the node storage container is configured to store a plurality of nodes which are physically discon...