ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,986, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Cargo container device including power supply and transport system including packstation for UAV" was invented by Ming-Hsuan Ho (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Hon-Yue Chou (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yi-Yuan Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container device of a UAV is provided. The container device is configured to receive a cargo and be connected to a UAV. The container device includes an outer housing, an inner housing, and a power supply. The outer housing is connected to the UAV. The inner housing is detachably connected ...