ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,340, issued on July 8, was assigned to DRONE EVOLUTION LTD (Caerphilly West Glamorgan, Great Britain).

"Aerial power supply system for a tethered unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by John Young (Caerphilly West Glamorgan, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical power supply system for a tethered small unmanned aerial vehicle has a ground station (1) connected to a universal aerial power supply (13) by a tether (10). The universal aerial power supply is capable of installation into the battery dock of a conventional free flying small unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver power to the small unmanned aerial vehicle sy...