US Patent Issued to GRADIENT TECHNOLOGY on Nov. 4 for "Cut-and-capture systems for demilitarization of underwater munitions" (Minnesota, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,913, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GRADIENT TECHNOLOGY (Elk River, Minn.).

"Cut-and-capture systems for demilitarization of underwater munitions" was invented by John T. Thomalla (Elk River, Minn.), John E. Herbert (Virginia Beach, Va.), Nathan F. Nodland (Maple Grove, Minn.), Drew A. Strombeck (Plymouth, Minn.), Ryan M. Smith (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Steve J. Schmit (Orono, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some variations provide a cut-and-capture system configured for demilitarization of an underwater munition, comprising: a docking platform that is sealably positionable onto an underwater munition; a first manipulator arm to...