Patents by Inventor Timothy M. Lang

Timothy M. Lang 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).

  • Patent number: 11378362
    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 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Steven C. Furlong, Timothy M. Lang
  • Publication number: 20200363167
    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 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Steven C. Furlong, Timothy M. Lang