US Patent Issued to OCEANETICS on Oct. 28 for "Waterfront barrier system" (Maryland, Virginia, California, Louisiana, Florida, Rhode Island, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,147, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to OCEANETICS INC. (Annapolis, Md.).

"Waterfront barrier system" was invented by Matt Marcy (Bluemont, Va.), Erick Knezek (Lafayette, La.), James Douglas Andersen (Oxnard, Calif.), William Newton Seelig (Rockville, Md.), David Delleart (Washington, Mo.), Mark Herbert Wood (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) and Christopher Paul Pacheco (Portsmouth, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating barrier float section, and a waterfront barrier system formed from a number of connected float sections. An elongated main flotation tube has radially outwardly extending fence posts with connecting members, such as net...