US Patent Issued to OCEANETICS on March 3 for "Floating barrier system" (Maryland, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,051, issued on March 3, was assigned to OCEANETICS INC. (Annapolis, Md.).

"Floating barrier system" was invented by Erick Knezek (Lafayette, La.), Matthew Marcy (Bluemont, Va.), David Delleart (Washington, Mo.), Mark Wood (Tarpon Springs, Fla.), William Newton Seelig (Rockville, Md.) and Eric Jacobs (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating barrier system has a plurality of connected floating barrier units. Capture net segments are positioned on the floating barrier units by support post members, forming a barrier to vessel passage. Lanyards attach the ends of the capture net segments to the floating barrier units. Upon a ...