ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,634, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HILL GROUP TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Stafford, Great Britain).

"Aircraft control apparatus" was invented by Jason Hill (Rugeley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pitch and roll control arrangement for controlling lateral and longitudinal orientation of an aircraft includes a handle (5110) positionable above a pilot's seat and shaped to be gripped by the pilot (10), an elongate connector (5112) extending in a generally forward direction from the handle to a forward joint and an elongate transverse arm (5114) extending transversely from the forward joint of the connector to a mounting locati...