ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,049, issued on March 17, was assigned to Salamander IP Holdings LLC (Hamilton, Bermuda).
"Subsea pipeline remediation heating" was invented by Robert Michael Rainey (Cypress, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for insulating and heating a subsea pipeline. A system may comprise a subsea pipeline including a lower portion embedded in a seafloor and an upper portion above the seafloor. The system may include an insulating layer. The insulating layer may include a middle portion covering the upper portion of the subsea pipeline. The insulating layer may further include an end portion covering the seafl...