ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,132, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to RELIABLE ROBOTICS Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"System for managing flight controls from a ground station for an uncrewed aircraft" was invented by Robert Rose (Mountain View, Calif.), Michael Westenhaver (Mountain View, Calif.) and Ian Gulliver (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and graphical user interface for managing communications between a remote terminal device operated by a remote pilot or other operator and an uncrewed aircraft. Specifically, the systems described herein can be used for secure and reliable generation and transmission of a flight path or route ...