MUMBAI, India, May 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517030708 A) filed by J. Ray Mcdermott, S. A., Houston, on March 29, for 'vortex-induced vibration (viv) suppression apparatus and method of installation.'
Inventor(s) include Katterhenry, Brian Michael; Henderson, Neil Sutherland; Heinen, Erich Thomas; Watson, Paul Anthony; and Park, Gavin.
The application for the patent was published on May 2, under issue no. 18/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for installing a vortex-induced vibration (VlV)-suppression assembly includes introducing a ViV-suppression device or apparatus to a tubular member above a surface of a body of water such that the tubul...