ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,351, issued on Oct. 28.

"Vertical take-off and landing aircraft" was invented by Darius Sharifzadeh (Camarillo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical take-off and landing aircraft that includes a fuselage which has a nose end, a tail end, and a plurality of seats disposed in an interior of the aircraft with vertical takeoff and conventional aircraft ability. A pair of rear wings extend outwardly from opposing sides of the fuselage between a cockpit and the tail end, and a pair of front wings extend outwardly from opposing sides of the fuselage between the cockpit and the nose end. Each of the pair of rear wings and the pai...