A63H 27/12
Helicopters
Official title: {Helicopters (A63H27/04 takes precedence); Flying tops}
A63H27/12 (Helicopters) appears on 394 US grants and 470 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63H- Granted patents
- 394
- Published applications
- 470
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 664
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 13 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Flying camera and a system17 Mar 2026US 12,578,726 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Automatic fly out of the box toy27 Jan 2026US 12,533,597 B2MGA Entertainment, Inc.
- Hopping-type aircraft interactive toy9 Dec 2025US 12,491,448 B1Shenzhen Feifan Chuangke Technology Co., Ltd.
- Radio controlled aircraft, remote controller and methods for use therewith20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241304 A1Drone-Control, LLC
- Bouncing flyer and flyer toy9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192209 A1
- Method of operating an automatic fly out of the box toy30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115606 A1MGA Entertainment, Inc.
- Control method and apparatus for movable platform, movable platform and storage medium23 Oct 2025US 2025/0328132 A1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
- System and Method of Using a Virtual Focal Point in Real Physical Game11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281830 A1Ztag, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Deployment of mobile automated vehicles127US 8,825,226 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Methods, systems and devices for delivery drone security107US 9,359,074 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2016
- Flying device with improved movement on the ground101US 7,959,104 B22011
- Method of piloting a multiple rotor rotary-wing drone to follow a curvilinear turn85US 8,473,125 B2Parrot · 2013
- Rotorcraft with integrated light pipe support members83US 9,061,763 B1Traxxas L P. · 2015