B64G 1/62
Systems for re-entry into the earth's atmosphere
Official title: Systems for re-entry into the earth's atmosphere; Retarding or landing devices
B64G1/62 (Systems for re-entry into the earth's atmosphere) appears on 365 US grants and 353 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 365
- Published applications
- 353
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 818
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10 |
| 2013 | 11 | 4 |
| 2014 | 9 | 12 |
| 2015 | 15 | 19 |
| 2016 | 15 | 18 |
| 2017 | 10 | 22 |
| 2018 | 11 | 20 |
| 2019 | 18 | 16 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 |
| 2021 | 19 | 24 |
| 2022 | 19 | 32 |
| 2023 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024 | 27 | 33 |
| 2025 | 36 | 21 |
| 2026 | 23 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lunar power grid assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,937 B2Voyager Technologies, Inc.
- Reusable separation system for rocket fairing and payload29 Sep 2026US 12,747,040 B1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Deployable lunar landing pads for space mining applications8 Sep 2026US 12,729,019 B2Trans Astronautica Corporation
- Active gas-exuding heat shield for spacecraft atmospheric entry and reentry25 Aug 2026US 12,715,621 B1
- Reusable orbital vehicle comprising a crew-evacuation vehicle for forward extraction11 Aug 2026US 12,703,515 B2Arianegroup SAS
- Lunar lander descent control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307824 A1Raytheon Company
- Transpiration-cooled systems having permeable and non-permeable portions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307827 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Reusable separation system for rocket fairing and payload1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296683 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Vehicle that converts heat from atmospheric reentry environment into energy for powering reaction control system, and related system and method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264887 A1
- Systems and Methods for Deploying Launch Vehicle Landing Equipment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264888 A1Relativity Space, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Two-stage reusable earth-to-orbit aerospace vehicle and transport system84US 5,927,653 AKistler Aerospace Corporation · 1999
- Reusable rocket-propelled high altitude airplane and method and apparatus for mid-air oxidizer transfer to said airplane66US 6,119,985 APioneer Rocketplane Corporation · 2000
- Recovery system46US 4,832,288 AAerospace Recovery System, Inc. · 1989
- Multi-layer stitched blanket insulation46US 5,080,306 AGeneral Dynamics Corporation, Space Systems Division · 1992
- Space launch vehicle44US 4,796,839 A1989