US Patent Issued to World View Enterprises on Sept. 29 for "High altitude balloon systems and methods" (Arizona, Maryland, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,015, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to World View Enterprises Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"High altitude balloon systems and methods" was invented by Taber Kyle MacCallum (Tucson, Ariz.), Sebastian Padilla (Tucson, Ariz.), Rodger Farley (Columbia, Md.), Iain Beveridge (Tucson, Ariz.), G. Ryan Lee (Tucson, Ariz.), Tim Basta (Tucson, Ariz.), Jared Leidich (Denver), John Straus (Tucson, Ariz.) and John Z. Maccagnano (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are features for a high altitude lighter-than-air (LTA) system and associated methods. A zero-pressure balloon (ZPB) is attached in tandem with one or more air supe...