ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,487, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Aqua Development Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Module type aquaculture tank having stepwise recirculating aquaculture system" was invented by Yong Kil Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module type aquaculture tank having a stepwise recirculating aquaculture system according to the present disclosure may include a main fish breeding water tank including first, second, third, and fourth edges and having a square plane, an intermediate fish breeding water tank disposed adjacent to the first edge of the main fish breeding water tank, a plurality of recirculating filtration tank...