ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,566, issued on March 31, was assigned to Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (Busan, South Korea).

"Offshore wind power plant designed to reduce fatigue load of wind turbine" was invented by Key Yong Hong (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyong Hwan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Se Wan Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Kang Su Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Jong Su Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An offshore wind power plant designed to reduce a fatigue load of a wind turbine includes an offshore structure, a plurality of wind turbines which is installed above the offshore structur...