B64G 1/1021
Earth observation satellites
Official title: {Earth observation satellites}
B64G1/1021 (Earth observation satellites) appears on 311 US grants and 338 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 311
- Published applications
- 338
- Assignees
- 185
- Inventors
- 762
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
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| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 5 | 13 |
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| 2019 | 25 | 25 |
| 2020 | 31 | 22 |
| 2021 | 19 | 26 |
| 2022 | 19 | 27 |
| 2023 | 19 | 23 |
| 2024 | 24 | 42 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 |
| 2026 | 20 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flying object coping system, monitoring ground center, communication route search device, flight path prediction device, polar orbit satellite system, polar orbit satellite, inclined orbit satellite system, and inclined orbit satellite1 Sep 2026US 12,722,806 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Flying object coping system, surveillance ground center, coping ground center, communication route search device, flight path prediction device, and coping asset selection device25 Aug 2026US 12,715,616 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Sensor plant and method for identifying stressors in crops based on characteristics of sensor plants25 Aug 2026US 12,716,844 B2InnerPlant, Inc.
- Edge computing system11 Aug 2026US 12,706,666 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Satellite with an optical adjustment device and related methods4 Aug 2026US 12,698,100 B2Eagle Technology, LLC
- Nano-satellite atmospheric chemistry hyperspectral observation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309546 A1Triad National Security, LLC
- Space-based distributed radar system for facilitating imaging of areas1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296677 A1Array Labs Inc.
- System for producing remote sensing data from near earth orbit3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257991 A1Skeyeon, Inc.
- Information processing system, server, user terminal, and service providing method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261331 A1Innovative Space Carrier Inc.
- Earth monitoring system and method of managing a satellite constellation27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250020 A1Iceye Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for deriving pseudo range from earth-orbiting satellites122US 4,797,677 AIstac, Incorporated · 1989
- Microsatellite system for high-volume orbital telemetry65US 5,909,299 A1999
- Distributed-array radar system comprising an array of interconnected elementary satellites62US 4,843,397 AGaspare Galati · 1989
- Spacecraft designs for satellite communication system46US 5,386,953 ACalling Communications Corporation · 1995
- Earth observation method32US 5,883,584 ADornier GmbH · 1999