US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Oct. 14 for "Emergency deployment of a drone-based flood control system" (Texas, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,185, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Emergency deployment of a drone-based flood control system" was invented by Carlos JP Chavez (San Antonio), Gregory David Hansen (Fuquay Varina, N.C.), Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, Texas), Kristina Suniga-Cabrera (San Antonio), Dwayne Phillip Wilson (Crossroads, Texas), Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky (Dallas) and David Patrick Dixon (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dewatering systems and methods for use in response to emergencies and disasters. The system includes an autonomous vehicle including or transporting a dewatering ...