ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,506, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Dragon Engineering Ltd. (Cooks Creek, Canada).

"Method of integrating a generator and active rectifier for use with a water-based energy capturing device to increase electrical transmission efficiency and performance" was invented by Derek Neufeld (Cooks Creek, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for an innovative assembly of the electrical conditioning system connected to a water-based energy capturing device such as wave, hydrokinetic, or tidal machines to increase the efficiency of electrical power transmission between the energy capturing assembly and a load. The assem...