ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,329, issued on June 30, was assigned to IL Marine Systems Inc. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Fluid flow control system" was invented by John D. Oliverio (Brandon, Fla.), Jared R. Sandifer (Zephyrhills, Fla.), Jantzen J.A. Maynard (Brooksville, Fla.) and Edward J. Shynski (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid flow control system to control the movement of a work element such as a shallow water anchor between a first position and second position wherein the fluid flow control system includes an actuator assembly and pump assembly coupled together by a modular fluid distribution assembly that includes a first fluid flow path and a secon...