ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,330, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Keyport, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for the modular attachment of additively manufactured components on vehicles" was invented by Eric Seeley (Seabeck, Wash.), Nathan Schulyer (Silverdale, Wash.), Jacob Yates (Poulsbo, Wash.), Destany Burke (Bremerton, Wash.), Colin Gillespie (Orem, Utah), Shawn Stainsby (Keyport, Wash.) and Stephen J Leahu (Bremerton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for using an additively manufactured vehicle, such as an UUV, with additively manufactured modules. ...