US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Oct. 7 for "Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,860, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods" was invented by James Garret Nicholson (Broadlands, Va.), Thomas Fred Meyer (Point of Rocks, Md.) and Daniel Guadagnoli (Aldie, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Spacecraft servicing devices and related methods may include a propellant tank configured to store a propellant and to be placed into fluid communication with a portion of the target spacecraft."

The patent was filed on July 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/225,137.

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