ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,521, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Mobile ground-marking safety indicia from aircraft and method" was invented by Jeremy Benjamin Katz (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for establishing visually detectable ground markings, including in daylight, and designating visually detectable unsafe ground traffic areas from safe ground traffic areas proximate to and beneath an aircraft by providing visually detectable ground images formed from high intensity light energy sources located on an aircraft."

The patent was filed on Sept. 12, 2023, under...