ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,946, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Technology Innovation Institute-Sole Proprietorship LLC (Masdar City, United Arab Emirates) and Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Underwater swarm of robotic fish for monitoring and telepresence" was invented by Giulia De Masi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Cesare Stefanini (Pisa, Italy), Federico Renda (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Saverio Iacoponi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Enrico Natalizio (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of underwater swarm of robotic fish for monitoring and telepresence...