ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,528, issued on July 14, was assigned to Riahmedia Inc. (San Marcos, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for power distribution and harnessing of marine hydrokinetic energy" was invented by Earnest Smith (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system comprises an enclosure configured to be submerged in a body of water. The system also comprises a capture device coupled to the enclosure. The capture device includes a rotor shaft and a plurality of blades coupled to the rotor shaft. The plurality of blades are arranged to receive a flow of water when the enclosure is submerged in the body of water. The flow of water caus...