ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,331, issued on June 30, was assigned to DEVOCEAN INC. (Quebec, Canada).

"Underwater retrieval device and rewinding systems" was invented by Carl-Philippe Cyr Mercier (Rimouski, Canada), Simon Therrien (Sherbrooke, Canada), Francois Gauthier (Sherbrooke, Canada), Renaud Dupont (Granby, Canada), Louis-Philippe Baillargeon (Sherbrooke, Canada), Olivier Grenier (Sherbrooke, Canada), Alice Cordon (Sherbrooke, Canada), Thomas Paris (Portneuf, Canada), Olivier Piche (Pont-Rouge, Canada) and Jeremy Delorme (Sherbrooke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes an underwater retrieval device for retrieving an under...