US Patent Issued to ETH Zurich, Fah Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, Walli AG Ingenieure on July 29 for "Fish guidance structure" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,866, issued on July 29, was assigned to ETH Zurich (Zurich), Fah Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG (Glarus, Switzerland) and Walli AG Ingenieure (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Fish guidance structure" was invented by David Vetsch (Wohlenschwil, Switzerland), Robert Boes (Samstagern, Switzerland), Claudia Beck (Zurich, Switzerland), Ismail Albayrak (Zurich, Switzerland), Claudia Leuch (Brugg, Switzerland), Res Lutschg (Mollis, Switzerland) and Tobias Ruesch (Herisau, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention comprises a fish guidance rack (2) for use in a fish guidance system in a watercourse (W) at a run-of-river hydro...