ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,549, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SERIAS-LEE LLC (Washington, N.C.).
"Aircraft ground support equipment geo-fencing protection system" was invented by William Ryan Woolard (Washington, N.C.) and David F. Singleton (Washington, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preventing aircraft from taking off with ground support equipment installed thereon by detecting the presence of ground support equipment installed on an aircraft using geo-fencing software to define a predetermined area or virtual perimeter around in which aircraft may be operating and using an electronic tracking tag with a positioning device to transmit t...