ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,056, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to THE ULTIMATE BOAT COMPANY Ltd. (Douglas, Isle of Man).

"Marine vessel comprising a planing hull" was invented by John Moxham (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Colin Macandrew (Douglas, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed towards a marine vessel comprising a bow section, a stern section, a centreline and a planing hull. The planing hull comprises a vee bottom section extending along the centreline from the stern section to the bow section and a pair of retainer walls extending from the stern section towards the bow section along either side of the vee botto...