Patents by Inventor Steven Craig Furlong

Steven Craig Furlong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Counter UAV drone system using electromagnetic pulse
    Patent number: 11747116
    Abstract: In general, the present invention is directed to airborne security measures and more specifically to a device and method to defeat in total a plurality of approaching Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with a single sacrificial intercepting drone. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the intercepting drone may be configured with an attached Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) generation device capable of producing a sufficiently intense EMP burst to completely disable all approaching UAVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Steven Craig Furlong, Timothy Michael Lang
  • COUNTER UAV DRONE SYSTEM USING ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE
    Publication number: 20220290948
    Abstract: In general, the present invention is directed to airborne security measures and more specifically to a device and method to defeat in total a plurality of approaching Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with a single sacrificial intercepting drone. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the intercepting drone may be configured with an attached Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) generation device capable of producing a sufficiently intense EMP burst to completely disable all approaching UAVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Steven Craig Furlong, Timothy Michael Lang