ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,721, issued on March 25, was assigned to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc..
"Subsea anchorage installation system" was invented by Richard Samuel Kelway Argall (Kailua, Hawaii), Donald Casela Lasser (Honolulu) and Gregory John Rocheleau (Honolulu).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects include devices, systems, and methods for securing an anchoring element to a seafloor. The methods may use a subsea anchorage installation system that may include a subsea grout supply assembly. The subsea grout supply assembly may include a variable volume grout storage chamber, a paddle, and a subsea grout pump. The variable volume grout storage c...