B64G 1/623
Retarding devices
Official title: {Retarding devices, e.g. retrorockets}
B64G1/623 (Retarding devices) appears on 124 US grants and 111 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 111
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 265
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 | 8 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 10 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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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
- Space launch vehicle44US 4,796,839 A1989
- Method and apparatus for disposal/recovery of orbiting space debris43US 5,421,540 A1995