B64U 10/30
Lighter-than-air aircraft
Official title: Lighter-than-air aircraft, e.g. aerostatic aircraft
B64U10/30 (Lighter-than-air aircraft) appears on 264 US grants and 322 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 264
- Published applications
- 322
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 566
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 14 |
| 2016 | 8 | 14 |
| 2017 | 22 | 27 |
| 2018 | 13 | 23 |
| 2019 | 27 | 39 |
| 2020 | 19 | 30 |
| 2021 | 27 | 23 |
| 2022 | 33 | 39 |
| 2023 | 29 | 23 |
| 2024 | 20 | 12 |
| 2025 | 20 | 17 |
| 2026 | 8 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Active valve for throttling ascent rate9 Jun 2026US 12,649,564 B2Aerostar International, LLC
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- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Method Of Targeted Package Delivery10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264541 A1
- Lighter than air vehicle and a communication system comprising the same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257815 A1Avealto Ltd.
- Trans-domain autonomous vehicle (tdav) buoyancy system and method thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242073 A1
- Flight height maintaining device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208846 A1Meisei Electric Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus, Method And System For Balloon Altitude Control By In-Situ Characterization And Active Energy Management2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184414 A1Space Balloon Technologies Corp.
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