B64D 1/22
Taking-up articles from earth's surface
B64D1/22 (Taking-up articles from earth's surface) appears on 796 US grants and 856 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 796
- Published applications
- 856
- Assignees
- 319
- Inventors
- 1,306
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 13 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 11 | 12 |
| 2013 | 11 | 8 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 20 | 17 |
| 2016 | 19 | 27 |
| 2017 | 32 | 54 |
| 2018 | 42 | 87 |
| 2019 | 64 | 66 |
| 2020 | 62 | 77 |
| 2021 | 51 | 90 |
| 2022 | 59 | 82 |
| 2023 | 83 | 88 |
| 2024 | 78 | 70 |
| 2025 | 85 | 69 |
| 2026 | 54 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Airship1 Sep 2026US 12,722,766 B2SkyLifter Ltd
- External cargo adapter for use with a rotorcraft1 Sep 2026US 12,722,780 B2Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
- Collapsible self-supporting human and/or non-human cargo transport device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,781 B2Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
- Payload lift apparatus for vehicles1 Sep 2026US 12,722,782 B1The Boeing Company
- Payload retrieval apparatus having tether slot projection for use with a UAV1 Sep 2026US 12,722,802 B2Wing Aviation LLC
- Autonomous docking system for an unmanned aerial vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307832 A1TB2 Aerospace
- Electro-pneumatic cable cutter assembly for aircraft hoist1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295885 A1Hornet Acquisitionco, LLC
- Holder for a Liquid Container for use in a UAV Delivery Package17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274416 A1Wing Aviation LLC
- System And Method For Transporting A Package17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274456 A1Variable UAV, Inc.
- Drone Delivery System10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264854 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Providing a medical support device via an unmanned aerial vehicle489US 8,948,935 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Method of actively controlling winch swing via modulated uptake and release324US 9,422,139 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Airborne manipulator system226US 8,251,307 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2012
- Systems and methods for implementing a payload distribution system139US 9,205,922 B1The Boeing Company · 2015
- Bystander interaction during delivery from aerial vehicle132US 9,321,531 B1Google Inc. · 2016