ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,261, issued on April 14, was assigned to Asylon Inc. (Philadelphia).

"Integration between unmanned aerial system and unmanned ground robotic vehicle" was invented by Brent Mclaughlin (Savage, Md.), Damon C. Henry (Philadelphia), Adam I. Mohamed (Philadelphia), Justin Kantor (Morrisville, Pa.), David Dones (West Chester, Pa.) and Michael Quiroga (Cocoa Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integration between unmanned aerial system and unmanned ground robotic vehicle are disclosed herein. One variation of a robotic system may generally comprise an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), and a base statio...