ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,193, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Aerospace commerce exchange" was invented by Ryan Mitchell Stone (Charlotte, N.C.), Blane Edward Rockafellow (Raleigh, N.C.), Bryan S. Trainum (Williamsburg, Va.) and Charles Jason Rinker (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exc...