US Patent Issued to PATRIA LAND on July 8 for "Projectile and method for stopping aerial vehicles" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,536, issued on July 8, was assigned to PATRIA LAND OY (Helsinki).

"Projectile and method for stopping aerial vehicles" was invented by Matti Saarikko (Helsinki), Jari Lemmetyinen (Helsinki), Vesa Toivonen (Helsinki) and Markku Paija (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projectile and method for stopping aerial vehicles. The projectile comprises a shell-and a bunch of filaments. The bunch is wound in a coil and placed inside the shell. The projectile according to the solution may be brought to a target by different methods and utilising different means. For example, the projectile may be fired with compressed air or a propulsion ...