US Patent Issued to Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology on Feb. 24 for "System and method for monitoring loss of fishing gear and estimating location of lost fishing gear" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,046, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Gwangju, South Korea).

"System and method for monitoring loss of fishing gear and estimating location of lost fishing gear" was invented by Ki Seon Kim (Gwangju, South Korea), Min Seok Kim (Gwangju, South Korea) and Jin Seong Kim (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing gear loss management system includes: fishing gear which is provided underwater, and which provides identification information and location information thereof to the outside; a fishing vessel terminal device, which communicates with the fishing gear and provides...