ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,943, issued on March 3, was assigned to CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY (Changzhou, China).

"Protective devices for submarine pipelines" was invented by Hong Ji (Changzhou, China), Jie Guo (Changzhou, China), Ke Yang (Changzhou, China), Zhixiang Xing (Changzhou, China), Juncheng Jiang (Changzhou, China), Yuchen Liu (Changzhou, China) and Wencong Shen (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a protective device for a submarine pipeline, comprising an internal pipeline, a protective casing, and a support explosion-proof assembly; wherein the protective casing is disposed outside the internal p...