ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,584, issued on March 17, was assigned to Martineau & Associates (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Container system for monitoring and imaging aquatic organisms" was invented by Pierre R. Martineau (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising, an electromagnetic radiation source, the electromagnetic radiation source including at least one collimated electromagnetic radiation beam, a beam expander, the beam expander may expand the at least one collimated electromagnetic radiation beam, a first container including a base plate and at least four side walls, at least two of four side walls being opposite of each other, at ...