B64C 33/00
Ornithopters
B64C33/00 (Ornithopters) appears on 133 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
- 133
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 77
- Inventors
- 292
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 18 |
| 2005 | 8 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 10 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flapping-wing aerial vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,722,778 B1National Yang Ming.Chiao Tung University
- Flapping device26 May 2026US 12,637,213 B2Nakakita Seisakusho Co. Ltd.
- Wing mechanism14 Apr 2026US 12,600,471 B2
- Bio-inspired flapping wing/fin robotic platform14 Oct 2025US 12,441,468 B2Brown University
- Armwing structures for aerial robots2 Sep 2025US 12,404,021 B2Northeastern University
- Buckling beams for underwater and terrestrial autonomous vehicles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274021 A1
- Control Method for Aerial Vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233834 A1University of Washington
- Bionic jumping and flying robot based on jumping-flapping wing composite structure23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109188 A1Beijing Institute of Technology
- Wing mechanism5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035070 A1
- Flapping device29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027485 A1Nakakita Seisakusho Co. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Releasable fastener systems and processes77US 7,308,738 B2General Motors Corporation · 2007
- Releasable fastener system50US 7,032,282 B2General Motors Corporation · 2006
- Releasable fastener systems and processes49US 7,013,536 B2General Motors Corporation · 2006
- Releasable fastener system47US 6,815,873 B2General Motors Corporation · 2004
- Wing-drive mechanism, vehicle employing same, and method for controlling the wing-drive mechanism and vehicle employing same41US 6,206,324 B12001