ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,024, issued on April 21, was assigned to DRONE OPERATIONS LLC (Mosinee, Wis.).

"Autonomous drone swarm system with AI-driven coordination and multi-modal sensor integration" was invented by Nicholas Thompson (Mosinee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous drone swarm system and method utilizing artificial intelligence for coordinated operations comprises command drones equipped with large language model processors and subordinate drones coordinated through a hierarchical Queen-Worker architecture. The system processes natural language commands, generates autonomous mission plans, and coordinates multi-drone operations th...