ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,797, issued on June 23, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Methods and systems for controlling trim rate of trimmable marine devices with respect to a marine vessel" was invented by Kyle F. Karnick (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Andrew J. Przybyl (Berlin, Wis.), Steven M. Anschuetz (Richland, Mich.), Aaron J. Ward (Oshkosh, Wis.), Kevin A. Brostek (Stuart, Fla.), Samuel E. Rustan (Pickett, Wis.) and Justin J. Benoit (North Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling trim position of at least one trimmable device on a marine vessel includes receiving a user inputted trim command instructing a trim adj...