ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,508, issued on May 5, was assigned to Resolve Marine Group Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Frame for an underwater drilling assembly" was invented by Joseph E. Farrell III (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Todd G. Holtz (Katy, Texas), Nolan B. Conway (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Cody C. Kurtz (Apopka, Fla.), Petrus Maria Leonardus Van Der Sanden (Hilversum, Netherlands), Josephus Kuijs (Lisse, Netherlands), Peter Theo Frank Van Poppel (Haarlem, Netherlands), Ewoud Anton Georges Goorix (Heemstede, Netherlands), Rene Timotheus Gerardus Witteman (Nootdorp, Netherlands) and Jeroen Mooij (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Underwater drilling assembli...