ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,229, issued on June 23, was assigned to PKT Research Inc. (Cedar Park, Texas).

"Advanced battlefield command control system" was invented by Khanh Ngoc Tran (Austin, Texas) and Prakash Narendradev Thanky (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, systems, and methods for advanced battlefield command control systems ("ACCS") are disclosed herein. The ACCS operates primarily by communication between closed-loop identification devices ("CIDD") configured to be integrated into weapons systems and as wearable components on fatigues of soldiers. The CIDDs include sensors such as gyroscopes and GPS locators which send info...