ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,850, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SEAKEEPER INC. (California, Md.).

"Commissioning strategy" was invented by John D. Adams (Russell Springs, Ky.), Michael Gallagher (Cleveland) and Kayla Lauren Stanley (Coral Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A software-based commissioning strategy for customization of a new marine vessel having a newly installed stability/dynamic active control system. The commissioning strategy will be implemented by using a proprietary customer-facing software embedded within a software module of a newly installed dynamic active control system for a new marine vessel (and a new hull type). The softw...