ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,513, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Method of establishing a communication system and communication system therefor" was invented by Michael L. Anderson (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Nicholas R. Black (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph A. Puglisi (Roy, Utah), Mary E. Hood (Brighton, Great Britain) and Joseph Anderson (Edwards, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable communication system for use in hostile and unknown environments. The system has a base station for control by an operator. The base station dispatches one or more unma...