B64C 37/02
Flying units formed by separate aircraft
Official title: Flying units formed by separate aircraft (towing B64D3/00; aircraft transported by aircraft B64D5/00; air-refuelling B64D39/00)
B64C37/02 (Flying units formed by separate aircraft) appears on 175 US grants and 182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
- 175
- Published applications
- 182
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 320
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14 |
| 2019 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020 | 13 | 24 |
| 2021 | 15 | 11 |
| 2022 | 18 | 31 |
| 2023 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 14 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rotational take-off and landing of aerial vehicles29 Sep 2026US 12,747,043 B1
- Unmanned aerial vehicle system having multiple drones18 Aug 2026US 12,709,422 B2
- Vehicle, transport system (variants) and method of moving vehicle5 May 2026US 12,617,530 B2
- Payload (variants) and air transport system (variants) comprising same5 May 2026US 12,617,563 B2
- Aircraft tow system10 Feb 2026US 12,545,408 B2Edge Logistics, Inc.
- Aircraft tow system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225716 A1
- Control system for a configurable unmanned aerial vehicle system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211430 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Having Multiple Drones2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184451 A1
- Aircraft survival kit glider25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175975 A1Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- System and method for moving a payload21 May 2026US 2026/0138744 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for implementing a payload distribution system139US 9,205,922 B1The Boeing Company · 2015
- Method and system for supporting an airborne vehicle in space129US 5,074,489 A1991
- Convertible compounded rotorcraft105US 8,950,698 B1The Boeing Company · 2015
- Method and device for launching aerial vehicles95US 7,530,527 B2Qinetiq Limited · 2009
- In flight transfer of packages between aerial drones93US 9,561,852 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2017