ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,029, issued on April 7, was assigned to CIMOLAI S.P.A. (Rome).
"Apparatus and method for cleaning the hull of a vessel" was invented by Luigi Cimolai (Azzano Decimo, Italy), Carmelo Bottecchia (Sacile, Italy), Ennio Picco (Budoia, Italy), Leo Antonio Colussi (Legnaro, Italy), Alessandro Catanzano (Padua, Italy), Marco Sciarra (Pordenone, Italy), Giorgio Campanile (Pordenone, Italy), Marco Colussi (Legnaro, Italy), Ivan Mario Alba (Porcia, Italy) and Matteo Maretto (Padua, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method for cleaning the hull of a vessel include a washing unit having a plurality of washing modules of the...