ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,107, issued on April 22, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Intelligence surveillance and reconnissance apparatus" was invented by Jacob Echevarria (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Michael Anderson (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Katherine Fitzpatrick (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Evan Pomfret (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Abigail Price (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Sarah Galyon Dorman (Monument, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for gathering intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] in a hostile environment. The apparatus may be generally ...