ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,564, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Switzerland).

"Marine vessel control system for a shallow water anchor" was invented by David F. Lammers-Meis (Overland Park, Kan.), Gregory M. Groener (Overland Park, Kan.), Ravinder Singh (Olathe, Kan.) and Jarrod W. Seymour (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor and a motor. The marine vessel control system comprising a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a user command to maintain a position of a marine vessel, receive sonar data, determine a water ...