ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,265, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Off-channel unmanned aerial vehicle remote ID beaconing" was invented by Eyal Hochdorf (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ajay Pathak (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are various enhancements for unmanned aerial vehicles and operations. An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a wireless communication system configured to establish a wireless link for at least flight control information for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The wireless communication system is configured to monitor the flight control information using a first wireless channel having a...