ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,608, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DIMEQ AS (Bremanger, Norway).

"Adaptable communication system for a vessel" was invented by Ronny Bakke (Kalvag, Norway) and Jacek Lach (Gliwice, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an adaptable communication system for a vessel comprising: a network of gates, each gate comprising at least one wireless interface coupled to a wireless transmission line for wireless communication with another gate of the network and at least one wired interface coupled to a wired transmission line for wired communication with another gate of the network; wherein the gates are each configured...