Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN)

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The key to this company's launch was its acquisition of a patent. The patent is its most valuable asset, and will make it a contender in this space. It warrants discussion. US 6,285,878 B1 was issued in September 2001. AWN has acquired this patent for an initial payment, and continuing royalty. The current patent has a 20 year life to 2021. It describes in detail the use of aircraft to form a chain of seamless airborne repeaters providing broadband wireless communication gateways along the entire flight path.