US Patent Issued to NAVICO on Dec. 9 for "Custom timer for marine based activity" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,972, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NAVICO INC. (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Custom timer for marine based activity" was invented by Mathew J. Hooper (Auckland, New Zealand) and Adam M. King (Warkworth, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example devices, systems and methods are provided for causing presentation of a timer on a screen of a marine electronic device for a watercraft. Some example systems include a user interface comprising the screen, a memory including computer executable instructions and a processor. The marine electronic device is configured to receive a user input defining one or more users and a total amount of time ...