ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,298, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AeroVironment Inc. (Arlington, Va.).

"Safety system for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski (Pasadena, Calif.), William Arden Lott (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Derek Lisoski (Simi Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for a safety system including: selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command on a controller, the controller comprising a first processor with addressable memory; presenting a first activator and a second activator on a display of the controller for the selected UAV command, wherein the secon...