ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,762, issued on April 29, was assigned to RWE Renewables GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Foundation structure of an offshore structure with a transmission cable and a protection element" was invented by Christian Jahn (Quickborn, Germany) and Sebastian Obermeyer (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described and disclosed is a foundation structure of an offshore structure, in particular of a wind turbine, with a floating foundation, including at least one floating body for floating on the surface of the sea, at least one anchor for anchoring the at least one floating body the seafloor and at least one holding element for holding th...