ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,470, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to IONOS S.M.P.C. (Crete, Greece).

"Method for delivering liquid by ejecting a continuous jet and system for implementing said method" was invented by Sergey Odinokov (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Stylianos Christodoulou (Heraklion, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is intended for organizing the process of targeted delivery of small doses of liquid chemical treatment agents from unmanned aerial vehicles, for example, in precision agriculture or animal husbandry. Delivery of the required dose of liquid chemical treatment agents to the required application area by series of one or more...