B64D 1/00
Dropping, ejecting, releasing or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight
Official title: Dropping, ejecting, releasing or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight (refuelling during flight B64D39/00; launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles F41F1/00, F41F7/00; rocket or torpedo launchers F41F3/00; weapon sights or aiming F41G)
B64D1/00 (Dropping, ejecting, releasing or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight) appears on 2,624 US grants and 2,654 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 2,624
- Published applications
- 2,654
- Assignees
- 1,002
- Inventors
- 4,457
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 4 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 |
| 2003 | 33 | 17 |
| 2004 | 20 | 21 |
| 2005 | 10 | 20 |
| 2006 | 13 | 25 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14 |
| 2009 | 11 | 21 |
| 2010 | 22 | 40 |
| 2011 | 23 | 25 |
| 2012 | 28 | 45 |
| 2013 | 37 | 46 |
| 2014 | 37 | 60 |
| 2015 | 65 | 46 |
| 2016 | 73 | 108 |
| 2017 | 104 | 182 |
| 2018 | 123 | 204 |
| 2019 | 172 | 219 |
| 2020 | 199 | 273 |
| 2021 | 158 | 255 |
| 2022 | 189 | 285 |
| 2023 | 214 | 225 |
| 2024 | 233 | 202 |
| 2025 | 229 | 170 |
| 2026 | 150 | 117 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Conveying and release device with cartridge presence indicator6 Oct 2026US 12,752,918 B2ARESIA-Valenton
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems15 Sep 2026US 12,736,296 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Flywheel stabilized system for deploying a free-falling payload from an aerial vehicle and methods of use thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,728,992 B2Ocean Alliance, Inc.
- Multicopter with self-adjusting rotors8 Sep 2026US 12,730,452 B2Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Granular Material Spreading Performance Detection System For Agricultural Unmanned Aerial Vehicle And Operation Method Thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307091 A1Intelligent Equipment Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
- Midair item dispenser systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307790 A1
- Autonomous docking system for an unmanned aerial vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307832 A1TB2 Aerospace
- Aerial vehicle management system and aerial vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310223 A1Kubota Corporation
- Entry management system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311532 A11AHEAD Technologies
Most cited
By later US patents
- Providing a medical support device via an unmanned aerial vehicle489US 8,948,935 B1Google Inc. · 2015
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- Method of actively controlling winch swing via modulated uptake and release324US 9,422,139 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Payload-release device and operation thereof254US 9,302,770 B2Google Inc. · 2016
- Providing emergency medical services using unmanned aerial vehicles247US 9,051,043 B1Google Inc. · 2015