ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,965, issued on July 15, was assigned to Knudsen Holdings LLC (Cape Elizabeth, Maine).

"System and methods for the cultivation of aquatic animals" was invented by Matthew Jordan Odlin (Freeport, Maine), Nate Merrill (Portland, Maine) and Stephen Zadesky (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aquaculture system includes a pen configured to be disposed in a body of water and configured to at least temporarily store aquatic animals during development. A control system is configured to receive electric power from a power source and is configured to provide electric power to a pumping mechanism coupled to the pen such th...