B64C 23/00
Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for
B64C23/00 (Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for) appears on 1,347 US grants and 1,222 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 395
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B64C 23/06Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for: by generating772
- B64C 23/005Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for: by other274
- B64C 23/04Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for: by generating113
- B64C 23/02Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for: by means44
- B64C 23/08Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for: using magnus25
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