ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,955, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AeroVironment Inc. (Arlington, Va.).

"Aircraft system for reduced observer visibility" was invented by Christopher Eugene Fisher (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Steven Bradley Chambers (Simi Valley, Calif.), Pavil Belik (Simi Valley, Calif.), Austin Craig Gunder (Red Lion, Pa.) and John Peter Zwaan (Simi Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft apparatus is disclosed that has a fuselage boom having proximal and distal ends, a wing coupled to a proximal end of the fuselage boom and at least one transparent stabilizer coupled to a distal end of the fuselage boom."

The patent was filed on...