ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,988, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Motor health monitor" was invented by Anna Verkhovskaya (San Mateo, Calif.) and Andre Peter Prager (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes causing an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) to navigate through a trajectory. The method also includes receiving first motor data representing operation of a first motor during navigation through the trajectory and receiving second motor data representing operation of a second motor during navigation through the trajectory. The method further includes comparing the first motor data with the s...