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DRT has developed a significant portfolio of intellectual property across subsea mining, mineral recovery, environmental protection, offshore wind installation, and marine foundations.

Patent and Intellectual Property Portfolio

Subsea Mining

Subsea Excavation Systems and Methods (Trenchcutter for SMS)

Patents 8,935,864 | 9,353,501 | SG187841 | EP2603642

Inventors: John Halkyard, Eric Jackson, Jonathan Machin

Method for Hydraulic Lifting of Fluids Using Hollow Glass Microsphere Slurry

Application 61/713,985

Inventors: John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson

Mineral Recovery

System for Recovering Minerals from the Seabed (REE Enriched Muds)

Patents 10,458,235 & SG 11201801497U

Inventors: John Halkyard, Richard Petters, Douglas Maxwell, Michael Rai Anderson, Laurie Meyer

Multiphase Separation and Pressure Letdown Method

Patent 11,794,134

Inventors: Steven Rizea, James Wodehouse, Paul Smith, John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson

Recovering Minerals from the Seabed and Shipboard Processing (REE Enriched Muds)

Patents 10,458,235 & SG 11201801497U

Inventors: John Halkyard, Richard Petters, Douglas Maxwell, Michael Rai Anderson, Laurie Meyer

Environmental

Methods for Reducing Sediment Plume in Deepsea Nodule Mining (Augmented Screen)

Patent 11,920,471

Inventors: John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson, James Wodehouse

Methods for Advanced Suppression of Seabed Mining Plumes (Inverse Hydrocyclone)

Patent 12,606,982

Inventors: Robert D. Blevins, John Halkyard, Michael Rai Anderson, James Wodehouse, Samuel Holmes

Offshore Wind

Installation System and Method for an Offshore Wind Turbine

Patent 12,539,947

Inventors: Shukai Wu, John Halkyard

Installation Time Design of Micropiles

Application 2026/0176960

Inventors: John Halkyard

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