ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,166, issued on June 16, was assigned to iKon Boats LLC (Vonore, Tenn.).

"Livewell system and methods of use" was invented by Matthew Ostmeyer (Maryville, Tenn.), Mike Myers (Knoxville, Tenn.), Brent Brenon Butler (Vonore, Tenn.), Joel Chaplin (Maryville, Tenn.), Ryan Garrison (Knoxville, Tenn.), Cameron O'Connell (Knoxville, Tenn.), Edgar Miller (Kingston, Tenn.), Andrew Clements (Philadelphia, Tenn.) and Tommy Conner (Sweetwater, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are livewell systems and methods of operating livewell systems. A livewell system may include a livewell tank having a chamber formed therein, a fill sensor co...