List of patents

Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions and Software Available for Licensing, Pursuant to 37 CFR 404 and Section 801 of Public Law 113-66 (2014 National Defense Authorization Act)

The inventions and software listed below are assigned to the United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.

The following are available for licensing by contacting the technology transfer (T2) team at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport for information on its KIPTM licensing services:

Pat/Pub/Inv. No.

Title

Category

Date Issued

Inventors

12,451,778

Systems and methods for refurbishment of motor generators

robotics

10/21/2025

Nicholas Bankus

Joel Galles

Alex R.N. Read

Derek Mikesell

12,454,338

Field configurable autonomous vehicle

UUVs

10/28/2025

Eric Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth

12,522,330

Systems and methods for the modular attachment of additively manufactured components on vehicles

UUVs

1/13/2026

Eric Seeley
Nathan Schulyer
Jacob Yates
Destany Burke
Shawn Stainsby
Stephen Leahu
Colin Gillespie

12,612,142

Systems And Methods For Joining Modules Of Unmanned Undersea Vehicles

UUVs

4/28/2026

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow

12,525,711

Antennas With Baluns For Transmitting And Receiving Scalar Longitudinal Waves, And Methods Of Use

Communications

1/13/2026

Mark Paulus

Daniel Gentile

12,562,930

Systems and Methods For Acquisition Of Data From Sensors

Sensors

2/24/2026

Mark Paulus
Daniel Gentile
Kevin Jones
Kyler Callahan
Paul Leary
Vlad Dobrokhodov
Kevin Smith

211677

TiDALTM firmware and software for Miniature Low Power Data Acquisition System

Firmware/software for data acquisition unit and acoustic vector sensors

trade secret

Mark Paulus
Daniel Gentile

20250258016

Sensor Calibration

Sensors

 

Pending

Mark Paulus

20250360993

Apparatus, And Methods Of Use, For Launching Vehicles From Ships

Munitions

Pending

Anthony Corso

20250206423

 

Field Configurable Autonomous Airplane

Aircraft

 

Pending

Eric Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth

12,617,510

Systems and methods for joining modules of airborne vehicles

aircraft

5/5/2026

Eric Seeley

Jacob Snow

12,343,571

Filtering face mask and respirator

covid protection

7/1/2025

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates
Nathan Schuyler
Jose Ruiz

 

12,337,070

DEVICES FOR DISINFECTING A SURFACE USING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT

covid protection

6/24/2025

Christopher S. Doyle
Branden L. Doyle
Wilson H. Davenport


 

12,338,185

Systems and Methods For Plasma Spray Fabrication Of Textured Ceramics

Fabrication

6/24/2025

Chase Benson




 

12,258,108

Systems And Methods For Joining Swarm-Communication Modules

UUVs

3/25/2025

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,258,109

Methods For Managing Buoyancy Of A Field Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

3/25/2025

Eric Seeley




 

12,246,808

Methods For Operating A Field Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

3/11/2025

Eric Seeley




 

12,244,352

Optical Communications For Autonomous Vehicles

UUVs

3/4/2025

Eric Seeley




 

12,194,615

Surface Removal System

Robotics

1/14/2025

Logan Harris
Eric Meeks
Alexander Read


 

20240316783

 

Surface Removal System and Method

robotics

Pending

Logan Harris
Eric Meeks
Alexander Read


 

20240316784

Surface Removal System and Method

robotics

Pending

Logan Harris
Eric Meeks
Alexander Read


 

20240316785

Surface Removal System and Method

robotics

Pending

Logan Harris
Eric Meeks
Alexander Read


 

20240375290

Surface Removal System and Method

robotics

Pending

Logan Harris
Eric Meeks
Alexander Read


 

20240316786

Surface Removal System and Method

robotics

Pending

Logan Harris
Eric Meeks
Alexander Read


 

12,162,576

Systems And Methods For Joining Mass-Controlling Modules

UUVs

12/10/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,162,577

Systems And Methods For Joining Buoyancy-Controlling Modules

UUVs

12/10/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,151,789

Systems And Methods For Joining Counter-Rotating Propeller Assemblies

UUVs

11/26/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,151,790

Systems And Methods For Joining Door Modules

UUVs

11/26/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,151,791

Systems And Methods For Joining Charged Scuttle Modules

UUVs

11/26/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,151,792

Systems And Methods For Joining Light-Communication Modules

UUVs

11/26/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,151,793

Systems And Methods For Configuring Mission-Dependent Vehicle Assembles

UUVs

11/26/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,145,703

Systems And Methods For Releasable Attachment Mechanisms

UUVs

11/19/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,126,295

Systems For Controlling A Rotating Device With Notched Rotating Wheel

electromechanics

10/22/2024

Jonathan Wheless




 

12,129,002

Systems And Methods For Joining Modules Having Integrated Capillaries

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow

 

12,129,001

Systems And Methods For Joining Propulsion Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,129,000

Systems And Methods For Joining Movably Coupled Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,128,999

Systems And Methods For Joining Ferry Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,128,998

Systems And Methods For Mounting Mechanisms

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,128,997

Systems And Methods For Joining Magnetically Coupled Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,122,494

Module Joining Systems And Methods Of Use

UUVs

10/22/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,122,493

Systems And Methods For Joining Modules Of Surface Vehicles

UUVs

10/22/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

12,097,939

A Field Configurable Vehicle Having An Integral Bladder

UUVs

9/24/2024

Eric Seeley




 

12,059,767

Precision Positioning And Handling System For Large Vehicles

UUVs

8/13/2024

Tyler Paine
Christopher Walther
Nicholas Johnson
Scott Larson

 

11,947,006

Systems and Methods For The Localization Of Objects Buried In The Seabed

sonar

4/2/2024

Wendy Snyder
Forrest French
Stephen Leahu


 

11,919,116

Methods Of Aligning Components For Vehicle Assembly

UUVs

3/5/2024

Tyler Paine
Christopher Walther
Nicholas Johnson
Scott Larson

 

11,904,993

Supplemental Techniques for Vehicle and Module Thermal Management

UUVs

2/20/2024

Eric Seeley
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Mark Sorna

 

11,858,597

Methods for Coupling and Positioning Elements on a Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

1/2/2024

Eric Seeley




 

11,846,742

Systems and Methods For The Localization Of Objects Buried In The Seabed

sonar

12/19/2023

Wendy Snyder
Forrest French
Stephen Leahu


 

11,843,421

Helical wave encoding

underwater communications

12/12/2023

Grant Eastland




 

11,801,925

Vehicle Propulsion Systems

UUVs

10/31/2023

Eric Seeley




 

11,764,708

Systems, Circuits and Methods For Controlling A Rotating Device Via Electromechanical Rotation Limiters

electromechanics

9/19/2023

Jonathan Wheless




 

11,760,454

Methods Of Forming Field Configurable Underwater Vehicles

UUVs

9/19/2023

Eric Seeley




 

11,745,841

Methods For Vehicle Propulsion

UUVs

9/5/2023

Eric Seeley




 

11,745,840

Apparatus And Method For Joining Modules In A Field Configurable Autonomous Vehicle

UUVs

9/5/2023

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow



 

11,738,839

Magnetically Configurable Spherical Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

UUVs

8/29/2023

Eric E. Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Jennifer Guild

11,726,021

Methods Of Conducting An Environmental Test

environmental research

8/15/2023

Kraig Frederickson




 

11,724,785

Configurable Spherical Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

UUVs

8/15/2023

Eric E. Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Jennifer Guild

11,639,994

Methods For Locating Underwater Objects By Sensing Pressure Waves

acoustic vector sensors

5/2/2023

Mark Paulus




 

11,624,696

Environmental Sampling Chamber

environmental research

4/11/2023

Kraig Frederickson




 

11,608,149

Buoyancy control module for field configurable autonomous vehicle

UUVs

3/21/2023

Eric E. Seeley




 

11,603,170

Method For Parasitic Transport Of An Autonomous Vehicle

UUVs

3/14/2023

Jennifer A. Guild




 

11,596,194

Helmet Face Shield

face protection

3/7/2023

Jacob Snow
Jacob Yates
Nathan Schuyler


 

11,558,124

Methods for helical wave encoding

underwater communications

1/17/2023

Grant Eastland




 

11,541,801

Method and apparatus for positioning the center of mass on a configurable device

UUVs

1/3/2023

Eric E. Seeley




 

D973,969

Helmet face shield (Design)

face protection

12/27/2022

Jacob Snow
Jacob Yates



 

11,530,017

Propulsion system for field configurable vehicle

UUVs

12/20/2022

Eric E. Seeley




 

11,530,019

Scuttle Module for Field Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

12/20/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Logan Harris



 

11,524,757

 System and apparatus for attaching and transporting an autonomous vehicle

UUVs

12/13/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild



 

11,511,836

Field Configurable Spherical Underwater Vehicle

UUVs

11/29/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Jennifer Guild

11,505,296

Method and apparatus for transporting ballast and cargo in an autonomous vehicle

UUVs

11/22/2022

Eric E. Seeley




 

11,505,283

Apparatus for Coupling and Positioning Elements on a Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

11/22/2022

Eric E. Seeley




 

11,388,945

Helmet face shield

face protection

7/19/2022

Jacob Snow
Jacob Yates
Nathan Schuyler


 

11,340,255

Method for Reducing Bias Drift in a Microelectromechanical Systems Sensor

accelerometers and sonar

5/24/2022

Christopher C. Moll
John G. Miskimins
Ahmed S. Zaki
William H. Slater
Michael J. Kroger
 

11,319,042

System and apparatus for attaching and transporting an autonomous vehicle

UUVs

5/3/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild



 

D946,746

Filtered Face Mask Respirator

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates



 

D946,743

Filtered Face Mask

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates



 

D946,745

Filtered Face Mask With Cap

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates



 

D946,744

Filtered Face Mask Respirator With Cap

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates



 

11,243,368

Fiber optic cable clamp

fiber optic cables

2/8/2022

Brandon Rottle
Mitch Van Epps
Steven Kyle Denton
Robert Lutes

 

D937,179

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Continuous Lens

UUVs

11/30/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies
 

D933,577

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Lens

UUVs

10/19/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies
 

D928,690

Marine Vehicle with Continuous Top Lens

UUVs

8/24/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies
 

D928,691

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Top Continuous Lens

UUVs

8/24/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz


 

D928,689

Marine Vehicle

UUVs

8/24/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz


 

D928,070

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Top Lens

UUVs

8/17/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies
 

D928,069

Marine Vehicle with Top Lens

UUVs

8/17/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz


 

D928,068

Marine Vehicle with Continuous Front Lens

UUVs

8/17/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz


 

D927,398

Marine Vehicle with Shroud

UUVs

8/10/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies
 

D926,662

Marine Vehicle with Lens

UUVs

8/3/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz


 

 

The above list was updated on July 27, 2026.

For legal inquiries, please contact:

 

Mr. Stephen J. Leahu

Intellectual Property Law Counsel

Department of Navy, Office of General Counsel

NAVSEA, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Div. Keyport

610 Dowell Road, Building 1003

Keyport, WA  98345

360-396-7362 (office)

stephen.j.leahu.civ@us.navy.mil

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404, Section 801 of Public Law 113-66.