ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,872, issued on July 8, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Positioning with GNSS and radar data" was invented by Gustav Sohtell (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for refining global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data for a watercraft is provided. The method includes receiving, from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) mounted to the watercraft, the GNSS data. The method also includes receiving radar data from a radar mounted to the watercraft, creating adjusted data using at least the radar data and the GNSS data, and applying the adjusted data by taking an action. The action comprises at...