ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,574, issued on March 24, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.U. (Getafe, Spain).

"Aircraft lifting surface and aircraft comprising such lifting surface" was invented by Raul Carlos Llamas Sandin (Getafe, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft lifting surface comprising an aerodynamic surface with a first electrode embedded at its surface, and a control surface articulated to the aerodynamic surface, the control surface comprises a second electrode embedded at its surface, and that the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged and adapted to create a plasma in air upon application of a predetermined electrical...