B64U 10/60
Tethered aircraft
B64U10/60 (Tethered aircraft) appears on 474 US grants and 629 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 474
- Published applications
- 629
- Assignees
- 279
- Inventors
- 915
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13 |
| 2015 | 23 | 48 |
| 2016 | 29 | 38 |
| 2017 | 31 | 40 |
| 2018 | 29 | 55 |
| 2019 | 38 | 48 |
| 2020 | 40 | 66 |
| 2021 | 37 | 66 |
| 2022 | 49 | 50 |
| 2023 | 56 | 40 |
| 2024 | 34 | 52 |
| 2025 | 36 | 40 |
| 2026 | 45 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Slip-through tether and attachment system for robot movement along a tether6 Oct 2026US 12,752,939 B2America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- System for detachably coupling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a launch tube15 Sep 2026US 12,735,204 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Unmanned aerial vehicle landing platform systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,735,208 B2FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC
- Autonomous intelligence surveillance reconnaissance and payload delivery system and method of using same8 Sep 2026US 12,728,976 B2Silicis Technologies, Inc.
- System for scanning or inspecting an aircraft or spacecraft surface8 Sep 2026US 12,729,016 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Robotic system for facade operation of a building facade and the method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305898 A1Skybotics Technology Limited
- Drone-based fire prevention, suppression and evacuation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306885 A1
- Artificial loads for power spin up8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312515 A1Blue Vigil LLC
- Automated cleaning system and device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296686 A1Cleanbotix, Inc.
- System and method for using a remotely operated flying vehicle to mount a sensor device on an electric cable or dismount therefrom1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302737 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Autonomous safety and security device on an unmanned platform under command and control of a cellular phone134US 9,589,448 B1Micro Apps Group Inventions, LLC · 2017
- Modular flying vehicle133US 8,453,962 B22013
- Virtual sensor mast88US 7,149,611 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2006
- Unmanned aerial vehicle having an elevated surface sensor86US 11,235,890 B1Working Drones, Inc. · 2022
- Power generating apparatus85US 7,317,261 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc · 2008