US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on July 7 for "Water vacuum sampling system (WRASSE)" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,729, issued on July 7, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Water vacuum sampling system (WRASSE)" was invented by Patrick John Earley (San Diego), Brandon Lawson Swope (San Diego), Ignacio Rivera-Duarte (San Diego) and Chandler Petrovich Flynn (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water vacuum sampling system comprising: an outer housing having a sampling port and a vacuum port, wherein the sampling port is configured to connect to a suction head and the vacuum port is configured to connect to an inlet hose of a vacuum; a velocity dampener cone disposed within the o...