ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,577, issued on April 22, was assigned to Outerlink Corp. (Shreveport, La.).

"Sensor and transmitter communications device and method of use thereof" was invented by Steven J. Durante (Lincoln, Mass.), Thavisouk Nanthavongsa (Leominster, Mass.), Kevin Turner (Concord, Mass.) and Rod Danielson (Exeter, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a communications device, system, and method of use, having multiple posts or darts that can be dropped (e.g., with a drone) at spaced apart locations to form a communications fence. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a sensor and transmitter communicatio...