ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,655, issued on June 2, was assigned to REGENT Craft Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.).

"Airborne vehicle with multi-airfoil tail" was invented by Michael Klinker (Hollis, Mass.), William Bryan Baker (Cohasset, Mass.), Bradley C. Buskirk (Charlotte, N.C.), Jason Castriota (Stamford, Conn.), Marco Borge (Vopiano, Italy), William Thalheimer (Waltham, Mass.), Edward Lester (Somerville, Mass.) and Daniel Cottrell (Centreville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airborne vehicle having a body section; a main wing extending from the body section configured to generate aerodynamic lift, the main wing having one or more main wing control surface...