ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,546, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Gaztransport Et Technigaz (Saint Remy les Chevreuse, France).

"Maintenance management method for a ship" was invented by Nicolas Dupont (Saint Remy les Chevreuse, France) and Florent Ouvrard (Saint Remy les Chevreuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for managing maintenance for a ship comprising a sealed and thermally insulating tank for transporting liquefied gas. The method comprises the steps consisting in determining 310 a current filling level of the tank, determining 320 a current state of movement of the ship, determining 330 a current sloshing ind...