ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,080, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to JETOPTERA INC. (Edmonds, Wash.).

"Configuration for vertical take-off and landing system for aerial vehicles" was invented by Andrei Evulet (Edmonds, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, includes a main body. A fluid generator is coupled to the main body and produces a fluid stream. At least one fore conduit and at least one tail conduit are fluidly coupled to the generator. First and second fore ejectors are fluidly coupled to the fore conduit, coupled to the main body and respectively coupled to a starboard side and port side of the vehicle. The fore ejectors respectively comprise an...