US Patent Issued to Dronexus Aero on March 3 for "Manned and unmanned aircraft" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,341, issued on March 3, was assigned to Dronexus Aero LLC (Hagerstown, Md.).

"Manned and unmanned aircraft" was invented by James Kaiser (Hagerstown, Md.) and William Vatis (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manned or unmanned aircraft has a main body with a circular shape and a circular outer periphery. One or more rotor blades extend substantially horizontally outward from the main body at or about the circular outer periphery. In addition, one or more counter-rotation blades extend substantially horizontally outward from said main body at or about the circular outer periphery, but vertically offset from the main roto...