ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,504, issued on May 5, was assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Watercraft troubleshooting system" was invented by Hiroshi Inoue (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft troubleshooting system includes an onboard system including watercraft devices provided on a watercraft, and an onboard network provided on the watercraft and connected to the watercraft devices, each of which includes a communication terminal communicable with the other watercraft devices via the onboard network. The watercraft troubleshooting system further includes a server outside the watercraft and communicable with the communic...