B64F 3/02
Ground installations specially adapted for captive aircraft: with means for supplying electricity
Official title: with means for supplying electricity to aircraft during flight
B64F3/02 (Ground installations specially adapted for captive aircraft: with means for supplying electricity) appears on 123 US grants and 152 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64F- Granted patents
- 123
- Published applications
- 152
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 253
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 13 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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