ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,247, issued on March 31, was assigned to Firestorm Labs Inc. (San Diego).

"Unmanned vehicle management system and method" was invented by Chad McCoy (San Diego), Dan Magy (San Diego), Ian Muceus (San Diego) and Brett Barbee (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, methods, computer program products, and devices for fully- or semi-autonomously managing the launch and movement of an unmanned vehicle or fleet of unmanned vehicles. In some aspects, a system includes a centralized data management system in communication over a network (e.g., public or private network) with a coded (fleet of) unmanned vehicle(s) an...