ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,711, issued on June 30.

"Artificial intelligence system and machine learning method for electrical grid management using unmanned aerial vehicle traffic data collection" was invented by Logan W. Bradley (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial intelligence system including a machine learning module for assisting in electrical grid maintenance. The machine learning module receiving data sets from UAVs travelling in the proximity of power lines and communicating sensed observations to a data library for training the module to spot markers of potential hazards and calculating a probability of hazards occurring under ...