US Patent Issued on Nov. 18 for "Concrete wave attenuating apparatus and an assembly thereof facilitating formation of a vertical oyster reef and method of forming a vertical oyster reef incorporating an assembly of concrete wave attenuating apparatuses" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,575, issued on Nov. 18.

"Concrete wave attenuating apparatus and an assembly thereof facilitating formation of a vertical oyster reef and method of forming a vertical oyster reef incorporating an assembly of concrete wave attenuating apparatuses" was invented by Sherwood M. Gagliano (Baton Rouge, La.) and Mark H. Gagliano (Baton Rouge, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete wave attenuating apparatus facilitating the formation of a vertical oyster reef includes: A) A concrete wave attenuating frame having i) a concrete frame top and a concrete frame bottom defining a periphery of the frame, each having corners and sides extend...