US Patent Issued to K-MARINE on Feb. 11 for "Solar boat for easy collection of spilled oil and garbage" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,194, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to K-MARINE Co. LTD. (South Korea).

"Solar boat for easy collection of spilled oil and garbage" was invented by Chan Woo Lee (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Wang Seon Lee (Jeollanam-do, South Korea), Byeong Yeong Mun (Jeollanam-do, South Korea) and Yun Seo Cheon (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar boat for easy collection of spilled oil and garbage of the present disclosure includes a cabin unit, a boat body consisting of a pair of ship bottoms having a structure that is symmetrical left and right and spaced apart below the cabin unit, a solar panel unit provided above t...