ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,963, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method for providing assistance to a vehicle" was invented by Nick Mirzai (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for providing assistance to a vehicle, specifically by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the UAV is provided for establishing a network communication between the UAV and a server in case of an unwanted situation involving the vehicle."

The patent was filed on June 26, 2019, under Application No. 17/619,605.

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