B64C 29/00
Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically
Official title: Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft (rotorcraft B64C27/00)
B64C29/00 (Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically) appears on 3,197 US grants and 3,554 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
- 3,197
- Published applications
- 3,554
- Assignees
- 638
- Inventors
- 3,694
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 1 |
| 2002 | 21 | 19 |
| 2003 | 26 | 33 |
| 2004 | 24 | 25 |
| 2005 | 26 | 27 |
| 2006 | 12 | 27 |
| 2007 | 14 | 23 |
| 2008 | 11 | 18 |
| 2009 | 18 | 38 |
| 2010 | 18 | 39 |
| 2011 | 27 | 36 |
| 2012 | 28 | 32 |
| 2013 | 32 | 39 |
| 2014 | 25 | 43 |
| 2015 | 46 | 60 |
| 2016 | 37 | 91 |
| 2017 | 85 | 158 |
| 2018 | 123 | 261 |
| 2019 | 193 | 293 |
| 2020 | 264 | 322 |
| 2021 | 267 | 350 |
| 2022 | 285 | 385 |
| 2023 | 415 | 408 |
| 2024 | 397 | 358 |
| 2025 | 349 | 249 |
| 2026 | 213 | 219 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ducted wing with flaps6 Oct 2026US 12,752,906 B2Whisper Aero Inc.
- Vertical takeoff and landing aeronautical apparatus with a folding wing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,915 B1Aerhart, LLC
- Hybrid tilt propeller/tilt wing aircraft29 Sep 2026US 12,747,020 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Aerial vehicle with differential control mechanisms29 Sep 2026US 12,747,021 B2Joby Aero, Inc.
- Propulsion system thermal management with propulsor fluid flow and ram fluid flow29 Sep 2026US 12,747,027 B2Vertical Aerospace Group Limited
- Slotted Wing Flaps for a VTOL Aircraft8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307776 A1Archer Aviation Inc.
- System and method of rotor management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307786 A1Beta Air, LLC
- V/stol aircraft8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307788 A1XTI Aircraft Company
- Systems and methods for rotor assemblies and manufacturing thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296634 A1Archer Aviation Inc.
- Ganged control signals for vtol vehicles1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296635 A1Lockheed Martin Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft and flight control paradigm using thrust differentials266US 8,733,690 B2Joby Aviation, Inc. · 2014
- Providing emergency medical services using unmanned aerial vehicles247US 9,051,043 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Hybrid aircraft245US 5,823,468 A1998
- Horizontal and vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle222US 5,890,441 A1999
- Personal hoverplane with four tiltmotors216US 6,655,631 B22003