B64B 1/02
Non-rigid airships
Official title: Non-rigid airships (B64B1/58 takes precedence; balloons B64B1/40)
B64B1/02 (Non-rigid airships) appears on 93 US grants and 94 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64B- Granted patents
- 93
- Published applications
- 94
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 197
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- High-altitude aerostat with a large surface area22 Sep 2026US 12,741,733 B2
- Near-space operation systems25 Aug 2026US 12,715,589 B2World View Enterprises Inc.
- Reusable rocket stage7 Jul 2026US 12,673,788 B2Isar Aerospace SE
- Navigating aircraft in a jetstream24 Mar 2026US 12,583,573 B1
- Navigating aircraft in a jetstream22 Jul 2025US 12,365,439 B1
- High-altitude aerostat with a large surface area21 Aug 2025US 2025/0263163 A1
- Near-space operation systems10 Jul 2025US 2025/0223045 A1World View Enterprises Inc.
- Reusable rocket stage5 Dec 2024US 2024/0400228 A1Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH
- A reusable floating device for launching a space rocket from high altitude, and method for launching a rigid structure into space11 Jul 2024US 2024/0228064 A9
- Structure with foam foaming device for geoengineering20 Jun 2024US 2024/0198375 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multibody aircrane67US 8,157,205 B22012
- Internet linked environmental data collection system and method63US 6,811,113 B1Sky Calypso, Inc. · 2004
- Airship and method of operation62US 7,055,777 B221st Century Airships Inc. · 2006
- Near-space operation systems42US 9,694,910 B2World View Enterprises Inc. · 2017
- Lighter-than-air systems, methods, and kits for obtaining aerial images41US 8,505,847 B22013