ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,820, issued on April 15, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Security and safety configurations for drone delivery" was invented by Ashley Raine Philbrick (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for community item distribution. In some implementations, the community item distribution system includes a platform for users to post information regarding items they want to share with the community. The community item distribution system can categorize the information and establish donation parameters for the shared items. The donation pa...