ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,196, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to THETA-SPACE GmbH (Berlin).

"Goods transport by means of unmanned aircraft and transport containers" was invented by Marcel Wannowsky (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the transport of goods by means of an unmanned aerial vehicle (3) and a transport container (2), as well as to the possibility of the receipt of the goods by means of a goods station (29). In order to be able to transport the goods flexibly and easily to a destination, it is envisaged in accordance with the invention that the unmanned aerial vehicle (3), and/or the transport container (2), and/or the ...