ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,697, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.), Clarkson University (Potsdam, N.Y.) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, Mass.).

"In situ measurement station for monitoring wind and water properties in extreme hydrodynamic conditions" was invented by Forrest J. Masters (Gainesville, Fla.), Pedro L. Fernandez-Caban (Potsdam, N.Y.), Brian M. Phillips (Gainesville, Fla.), Christopher C. Ferraro (Gainesville, Fla.), Britt Raubenheimer (Woods Hole, Mass.) and Wei-Ting Lu (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes various em...