B64D 1/12
Releasing
B64D1/12 (Releasing) appears on 449 US grants and 460 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 449
- Published applications
- 460
- Assignees
- 179
- Inventors
- 786
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 14 | 15 |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 |
| 2017 | 28 | 51 |
| 2018 | 15 | 25 |
| 2019 | 29 | 35 |
| 2020 | 55 | 43 |
| 2021 | 31 | 43 |
| 2022 | 39 | 60 |
| 2023 | 51 | 47 |
| 2024 | 49 | 38 |
| 2025 | 50 | 30 |
| 2026 | 27 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ejectable battery system for an aircraft25 Aug 2026US 12,715,297 B2Textron Innovations Inc.
- Rotating release launching system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,580 B2Anduril Industries, Inc.
- Payload retrieval apparatus with internal unlocking feature and security features for use with a UAV25 Aug 2026US 12,715,582 B2Wing Aviation LLC
- Unmanned aerial vehicle and landing system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,417 B2OneSec, Inc.
- High altitude parafoils11 Aug 2026US 12,703,492 B2World View Enterprises Inc.
- Aeronautical conveying and dropping device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274415 A1ARESIA-Valenton
- System And Method For Transporting A Package17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274456 A1Variable UAV, Inc.
- Enhanced Aircraft Black Box System with Automatic Jettison and Deployment Mechanism3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257794 A1
- Reweigh Maneuver for Accurate Payload Mass Estimation13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233836 A1Wing Aviation LLC
- Unmanned aerial vehicle delivery systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233837 A1Aero Velocity Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Payload-release device and operation thereof254US 9,302,770 B2Google Inc. · 2016
- Unmanned aerial vehicle delivery system211US 9,573,684 B2Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Payload-release device and operation thereof207US 9,174,733 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Bystander interaction during delivery from aerial vehicle132US 9,321,531 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Unmanned aerial vehicle payload delivery128US 9,650,136 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017