ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,599, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda (Niteroi-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
"Installation of subsea risers" was invented by Nelson Bittar Romeu (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Andre Ramiro Amorim (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Marcio Nogueira Barcellos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Daniel Sahonero Rodrigues (Ipanema, Brazil) and Flavio Lage Bormann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of installing a subsea riser includes placing an elongate negatively-buoyant support on the seabed and, when laying the riser on the seabed, guiding a riser portion onto the support to extend along and be cradl...