ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,497, issued on July 15, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).
"Unmanned vehicle service delivery" was invented by Anthony Scott Farnsworth (San Antonio), Justin Dax Haslam (San Antonio), Kathleen L Swain (Kemah, Texas), Teddy Joseph Edmond Voutour (Helotes, Texas), Jess W. Gingrich (San Antonio), Michael J. Allen (San Antonio), Anthony G. Castiglione (San Antonio) and Jordan A. Newmark (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Unmanned vehicles may be used to survey a property in response to or in anticipation of damage to the property. For example, an unmanned vehicle may us one or...