ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,860, issued on March 11.
"Remote drop zone atmospherics and marking platform" was invented by Patrick Lee Nikitenko (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Remote Drop Zone Atmospherics and Marking Platform provides wind speed and direction information to parachutists or operators who are using parachutes to deliver a parachutist or autonomous load to the ground."
The patent was filed on April 8, 2022, under Application No. 17/716,138.
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