US Patent Issued to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on Sept. 9 for "Visual cues to reduce marine life mortality during a dredging operation" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,584, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (Houston).

"Visual cues to reduce marine life mortality during a dredging operation" was invented by Paul LaMourie (Naperville, Ill.), Steve Becker (Downers Grove, Ill.) and Justin Rensch (Glendale Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for dredging a seabed includes a trailing suction hopper dredger. The trailing suction hopper dredger includes a hull, a rail coupled to the hull, and a dredge arm coupled to the rail. The dredge arm includes an upper suction pipe coupled to a lower suction pipe. A pump is coupled to the upper suction pipe and is...