ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,571, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to KNS INC. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Subminiature satellite antenna system for unmanned aerial vehicles" was invented by Young Sun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Gil Sang Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Byung Wook Jin (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subminiature satellite antenna system for unmanned aerial vehicles includes an antenna for transmitting and receiving signals to and from a satellite, the antenna provided on an upper portion of a main body of a drone, a plurality of reflector plates for collecting signals to the antenna, the reflector plates installed separated from...