ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,396, issued on June 3, was assigned to Seamach Pty Ltd. (Victoria, Australia).

"Vessel propelling system and assembly" was invented by Timothy Peter Udvary (Victoria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vessel propelling mechanism. In one aspect, a vessel propelling system includes a motor and a waterjet system. The waterjet system is coupled to the motor and includes a stator with a plurality of blades. A first blade of the plurality of blades has a shape that is different than remaining blades of the plurality of blades, the shape of the first blade allowing a driving mechanism of the motor t...