ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,189, issued on July 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for multimodal transportation based on air vehicle and apparatus for the same" was invented by Jae Jun Ha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Young Jun Moon (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for multimodal transportation based on an air vehicle may include confirming, by a transportation management server, freight transfer approval information provided by a freight transfer object that approaches a take-off and landing facility, setting a freight stop zone in response to a demand for ...