B64D 11/0601
Arrangement of seats for non-standard seating layouts
Official title: {Arrangement of seats for non-standard seating layouts, e.g. seats staggered horizontally or vertically, arranged in an angled or fishbone layout, or facing in other directions than the direction of flight}
B64D11/0601 (Arrangement of seats for non-standard seating layouts) appears on 400 US grants and 470 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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