ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,601, issued on July 8, was assigned to PIONEER MATERIAL PRECISION TECH Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Underwater robotic device" was invented by Chih-Sheng Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ching-Hung Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater robotic device includes a housing unit, a control unit and a propelling unit. The housing unit includes a base seat and an upper cover in liquid-tight engagement with the base seat. The control unit is disposed within the housing unit and includes a circuit module and a center-of-gravity transferring module which is electronically connected with the circuit module. The cen...