ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,608, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Attachment interface and attachments for an unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Yevgeniy Kozlenko (Mountain View, Calif.), Vivian Zhou (San Mateo, Calif.), Adam Nathan Lebovitz (San Mateo, Calif.), Jack Zi Qi Ye (Cupertino, Calif.), Joseph Anthony Enke (San Carlos, Calif.) and Enyu Luo (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned aerial vehicle system that includes an unmanned aerial vehicle and an attachment. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes an attachment interface located on a side of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The attachment is...