US Patent Issued to Joby Aero on Nov. 4 for "Traffic pattern control of UAVS and automated downwind extensions" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,697, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Traffic pattern control of UAVS and automated downwind extensions" was invented by Joshua Paul Rosenkranz (San Francisco), Craig Richard Milliard (Vallejo, Calif.), Ryan Thomas Olson (San Francisco), Maxime Marie Christophe Gariel (San Francisco), Adam D. Shelly (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Kelsey McQuikin Bing (Houston) and Joey Yaozu Zhu (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for the modification of an aircraft landing pattern through a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface provides buttons associated with flight maneu...