ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,823, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC (Golden, Colo.).

"Hybrid bifurcating wave energy converter" was invented by Blake Boren (Superior, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid bifurcating wave energy converter (WEC) is described. The hybrid bifurcating WEC may be capable operating in various orientations with various degrees of rigidity and/or flexibility. The amount of rigidity or flexibility may be based on the intended mode of operation and the intended operational environment. In some embodiments, the hybrid bifurcating WEC may utilize distributed embedded energy converter technologies a...