ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,629, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SeaSatellites Inc. (San Diego).

"Systems and methods for a multichannel navigation light" was invented by Dylan Rodriguez (San Diego) and Michael Flanigan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for providing and operating a multichannel navigation light. The multichannel navigation light may include infrared light emitting diodes and visible light emitting diodes and may be operable in a plurality of modes. In a first mode, the infrared light emitting diodes may be powered on and the visible light emitting diodes may be powered off. In a second mode, the infra...