ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,407, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to WILL LEWIS CONSULTING LLC (Claymont, Del.).
"System and method for multiple liquid sample capture from aerial drones" was invented by William H. Lewis (Claymont, Del.) and Thomas S. Lloyd (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, and method for capture of multiple liquid samples from an aerial drone, including an aerial drone; one or more liquid sample receptacles disposed within respective receptacle containing units provided on the aerial drone; and a gear drive mechanism configured to lower and raise the one or more liquid sample receptacles and the respective receptacl...