ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,273, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Resolve Marine Group Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Marine salvage drill assemblies and systems" was invented by Joseph E. Farrell III (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Thomas Adriaan Bambach (Gouda, Netherlands), Patrick Louis Tielman (Gouda, Netherlands), Cornelis Hendrikus Geurtsen (Groenekan, Netherlands), Alexander van der Speld (Gouda, Netherlands), Todd Jeffrey Schauer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Matthew Ken Bierwagen (London) and Nolan Blake Conway (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling system configured to install a tap assembly into a ship skin is disclosed. The drilling...