ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,630, issued on May 20, was assigned to Taicang Jingang Plant Protection Equipment Technology Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Aerial electrostatic spraying device capable of air-ionization grounding" was invented by Weiguo Shen (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial electrostatic spraying device capable of air-ionization grounding is provided, which relates to the technical field of electrostatic spraying. The spraying device includes an aircraft, and following components installed on the aircraft: a liquid storage tank, a water pump, a high-voltage electrostatic generator, a charging electrode, an air-ionization groundin...