ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,995, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to REEL (Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or, France).

"Active compensation system, intended to compensate at least partially for the effect of a wave motion on a load" was invented by Bart Burger (Nieuw-Vennep, Netherlands), Samuel Moriniere (Saint Sauveur d'aunis, France) and Karamoko Konate (Saint Rogatien, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an active compensation system, intended to compensate at least partially for the effect of an undulating movement on a load, advantageously in a vertical direction, preferably for the active compensation of the swell. The active compensation system inclu...