B64U 20/60
Uavs characterised by the material
Official title: UAVs characterised by the material
B64U20/60 (Uavs characterised by the material) appears on 322 US grants and 354 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 322
- Published applications
- 354
- Assignees
- 168
- Inventors
- 634
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 11 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 |
| 2016 | 16 | 25 |
| 2017 | 20 | 32 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 |
| 2019 | 32 | 40 |
| 2020 | 20 | 42 |
| 2021 | 31 | 17 |
| 2022 | 29 | 30 |
| 2023 | 20 | 15 |
| 2024 | 33 | 19 |
| 2025 | 18 | 13 |
| 2026 | 12 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle system having multiple drones18 Aug 2026US 12,709,422 B2
- Fluidic propulsive system and thrust and lift generator for aerial vehicles4 Aug 2026US 12,698,089 B2Jetoptera, Inc.
- Unmanned land vehicle28 Jul 2026US 12,692,028 B2Aerbots, Inc.
- Agricultural chemical application drone14 Jul 2026US 12,679,567 B2
- Aerial vehicles with proximity sensors for safety30 Jun 2026US 12,668,379 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Aerial vehicle with deployable components17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274396 A1Anduril Industries, Inc.
- Flight vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237881 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Fibrous structure, thermal insulation material, housing device, battery, flight vehicle, and method for producing fibrous structure23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213305 A1SoftBank Corp.
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Having Multiple Drones2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184451 A1
- Fluidic propulsive system21 May 2026US 2026/0138751 A1Jetoptera, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus, system and method for retrieving data228US 6,868,314 B12005
- Transportation network utilizing autonomous vehicles for transporting items167US 9,786,187 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Method of reducing a nose-up pitching moment on a ducted unmanned aerial vehicle126US 6,170,778 B2Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation · 2001
- Electricity generation in automated aerial vehicles124US 9,550,577 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Drone for inspection of enclosed space and method thereof113US 8,874,283 B1United Dynamics Advanced Technologies Corporation · 2014