Category Archives: Patents

Flirtey Granted New Patent for Safety of Drone Delivery

Flirtey Eagle

Flirtey has announced that it has been granted a new patent critical to the safety of drone delivery. This granted patent describes safety-enhancing technologies such as landing a drone safely in the event of failure by using a parachute and steering the drone towards a safe location. Continue reading →

Vigilant Aerospace Signs New NASA Patent License for Radar Use in Detect-and-Avoid and UTM

NASA Engineer Ricardo Arteaga and Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson on-site for beyond line-of-sight testing at NASA Armstrong

Vigilant Aerospace Systems has signed a new patent license agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) covering the use of radar in detect-and-avoid and unmanned traffic management (UTM) systems, including in the company’s FlightHorizon family of products. Continue reading →

Patent to More Efficiently Detect Runway FOD

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor Oleg Yakimenko recently filed for a patent proposing a system for automated detection, classification and possible removal of foreign object debris (FOD) on a runway using multiple, small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) flying in formation. Continue reading →

Autel Progresses with Patent Claim Against DJI

Autel EVO

Steptoe has secured a significant trial victory for Autel Robotics USA at the US International Trade Commission (ITC). On March 2, the chief administrative law judge of the ITC found that SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. and seven related entities (together known as “DJI”) violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, by importing and selling drones that infringe US Patent No. 9, 260,184 belonging to Autel. Continue reading →

Workhorse Group Registers New HorseFly Patent

Workhorse Group Inc. , an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric vehicles to the last mile delivery sector, has expanded its patent portfolio through a recently filed provisional application, further protecting the HorseFly Unmanned Aerial System and several of the system’s key components and capabilities, including its ground control station, winch deliveries and aircraft structure. Continue reading →

Flirtey Patent Enhances Safety in Drone Delivery

Flirtey, a drone delivery service, announced that it has been granted a key patent that will enhance its fundamental technology with an additional component to safety in drone flights and deliveries. This granted patent will enhance safety when drone manufacturers implement technologies such as parachutes, while a drone is in flight and when it is delivering a package. Continue reading →