ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,658, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to P&I COMPANY (Jeju-si, South Korea).

"Fishing simulation apparatus and method" was invented by Jea Joong Shin (Jeju-si, South Korea) and Eun Seok Youn (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing simulation apparatus include: a fishing reel which is mounted on a fishing rod and provided with a manual driving pulley for winding up a fishing line, and which moves the fishing line in opposite directions; and a main motor for pulling the connected fishing line from the fishing rod and the fishing reel, in which the fishing line is connected in an infinite circulation manner, sequenti...