ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,802, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Exmar Offshore Co. (Houston).

"Floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit" was invented by Otto DaSilva (Houston) and Dhiraj Purswani (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit useful for assembling or maintaining wind turbines at an offshore location is disclosed. The floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit may include a first vessel spaced a distance apart from a second vessel, and an extended deck coupled to the first vessel and the second vessel. The extended deck is positioned in the distance between the first vessel and the second vessel,...