ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,886, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to AVIKUS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for calculating the collison risk of a ship" was invented by Kwang Sung Ko (Seoul, South Korea), In Beom Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Mo Park (Seoul, South Korea), Hui Yong Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Hu Jae Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Su Rim Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Gwang Hyeok Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Do Yeop Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Do Yeon Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Young Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Je Hyun Cha (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Yoon Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Won Chul Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Off...