WASHINGTON — When Mobile Satellite Ventures was issued the first-ever U.S. Federal Communications Commission license in 2003 for its concept of creating hybrid satellite and ground-based communications systems, the company already had been working on a slew of related inventions it planned to capitalize on. So far, 25 of about 100 inventions have been approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the most recent of which includes a hybrid communications system for multiple rovers – or eventually humans – exploring the Moon or Mars.
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