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ABSTRACT
Toxic mosquito aerial release system
Patent number: 8967029
Abstract: A device for the aerial release of mosquitoes includes an unmanned aerial vehicle operable by remote control. It carries a container holding a central processing unit and a mosquito breeding bin, which is a self-contained volume housing mosquitoes and a mosquito food having a toxin suitable to be transmitted by mosquito bite after the mosquito consumes the mosquito food. A release tube is connected to the mosquito breeding bin and sized to release mosquitoes from the mosquito breeding bin. A valve is connected to the release tube and is operable by remote control so that when opened, the mosquitoes have an open pathway out of the container through the release tube.
Type: Grant
Filed: November 20, 2014
Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
Assignee: TMARS Associates, Trustee for Toxic mosquito aerial release system CRT Trust
Inventor: S. Mill Calvert
A device for the aerial release of mosquitoes includes an unmanned aerial vehicle operable by remote control. It carries a container holding a central processing unit and a mosquito breeding bin, which is a self-contained Volume housing mosquitoes and a mosquito food having a toxin Suitable to be transmitted by mosquito bite after the mosquito consumes the mosquito food. A release tube is connected to the mosquito breeding bin and sized to release mosquitoes from the mosquito breeding bin. A valve is connected to the release tube and is operable by remote control so that when opened, the mosquitoes have an open pathway out of the container through the release tube.
US Patent for discharge of infected mosquitoes
on March 9, 2022, on the territory of the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation discovered three unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with 30-liter containers and equipment which can be used to spray bioagents. In late April 2022, 10 more drones of the same type were found in the area of Kakhovka. These facts are of particular importance considering a confirmed request from the Ukrainian side to the Bayraktar UAV manufacturer about the maximum payload of Bayraktar Akinci UAVs (flight range up to 300 km) and the ability to equip it with an aerosol generating system with a 20+ liters capacity
Umanswered remains the question on U.S. patent No. 8,967,029 B1 as of 3 March 2015 issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office for an unmanned aerial vehicle for the aerial release of the infected mosquitoes, i.e. for a device (unit) designed to be applied as a technical means of delivery and use of a biological weapon - “biological and immunobiological agents, bacteria and viruses” (including highly contagious) 'that could wipe out 100 per cent of the enemy troops.'
Context:
On September 3, 2022, Russian state-controlled news network RT published an article which quoted the Russian Defense Ministry claiming that the U.S. has developed a drone to spread infected insects. The article refers to a patent document, "No. 8967029," issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This story is being shared on Twitter and Facebook, with references to a translated version of the article on Teller Report, which has been known to publish unverified news about the war in Ukraine. The article, which quotes Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, states that the patent describes the aircraft as capable of allegedly destroying or disabling enemy troops without putting the lives of U.S. service members in danger.
In fact:
The document referred to by RT does exist. Patent US8,967,029B1 can be found on the website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and was granted for an invention known as the Toxic Mosquito Aerial Release System (TMARS). The patent was issued in March 2015, and can also be viewed on Google Patents for ease of reference.
However, the patent documents do not reveal any link to the U.S. government or military or any other official entity, as suggested by the Russian official quoted by RT. The inventor of the device is listed as S. Mill Calvert of Manassas, Virginia, and the applicant (and assignee, to whom the patent was granted) is "TMARS Associates, Trustee for Toxic mosquito aerial release system CRT Trust."