B64G 1/1071
Planetary landers intended for the exploration of the surface of planets, moons
Official title: {Planetary landers intended for the exploration of the surface of planets, moons or comets}
B64G1/1071 (Planetary landers intended for the exploration of the surface of planets, moons) appears on 69 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 218
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Lunar power grid assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,937 B2Voyager Technologies, Inc.
- System and method suitable for controlling operations of a spacecraft based on an isoperimetric reformulation of constraints25 Aug 2026US 12,715,619 B2Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
- Electrical distribution spacecraft, and associated method10 Feb 2026US 12,545,440 B2Safran Spacecraft Propulson
- Landing pad and in-flight methods of manufacturing a landing pad13 Jan 2026US 12,522,380 B2Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
- Seismic source4 Nov 2025US 12,461,260 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Lunar lander descent control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307824 A1Raytheon Company
- Tipping risk detection method, tipping risk detection device, flying body, and recording medium6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225729 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Reusable vehicle-attachable off-loader6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225735 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Rover systems, devices, and methods for payload positioning25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175412 A1
- System and method suitable for controlling landing of a lander to a desired landing location under navigational uncertainty11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159256 A1Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for remotely powering a device such as a lunar rover63US 5,260,639 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1993
- Propellant depot in space37US 7,559,508 B12009
- Systems and methods for radiant gas dynamic mining of permafrost for propellant extraction26US 11,143,026 B2Trans Astronautica Corporation · 2021
- Expandable rigid structure26US 5,429,851 ATracor, Inc. · 1995
- Inflatable wing flight vehicle22US 8,104,718 B22012