ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,936, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to COSMIC AEROSPACE INC. (Centennial, Colo.).

"Aerodynamic lifting structures having embedded engines, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Marshall Royd Gusman (Centennial, Colo.), Christopher Chahine (Bierbeek, Belgium) and Joseph Ray Wilding (Castle Rock, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aerodynamic lifting structures, such as aircraft wings, having embedded engines and associated methods and systems are disclosed herein. A wing assemblies configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper wing portion, a lower wing portio...