ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,191, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Rigero LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Surface water biosource augmentation production and distribution system" was invented by Richard M. Baum (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular system for aeration and biosource augmentation of a body of water and a method of using the system to prevent or eliminate an algal bloom in a water body include one or more mechanical basins located outside the body of water and at least two of: one or more residence pods submerged in the body of water that aerate the body of water, dose beneficial biosource, host biosource, and provide biosource to the...