Water alteration structure applications and methods

US8685254B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey A. Bowers · Bellevue, US
• Kenneth G. Caldeira · Redwood City, US
• Alistair K. Chan · Bainbridge Island, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• John Latham · Boulder, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Stephen H. Salter · Edinburgh, GB
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Willard H. Wattenburg · Chico, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 3, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/8593
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method is generally described which includes environmental alteration. The method includes determining a placement of at least one vessel capable of moving water to lower depths in the water via wave induced downwelling. The method also includes placing the at least one vessel in the determined placement. Further, the method includes generating movement of the water adjacent the surface of the water in response to the placing.