B64U 2201/202
Using tethers for connecting to ground station
Official title: using tethers for connecting to ground station
B64U2201/202 (Using tethers for connecting to ground station) appears on 358 US grants and 472 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 358
- Published applications
- 472
- Assignees
- 228
- Inventors
- 780
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 18 | 30 |
| 2016 | 14 | 24 |
| 2017 | 24 | 39 |
| 2018 | 25 | 44 |
| 2019 | 34 | 53 |
| 2020 | 35 | 55 |
| 2021 | 37 | 49 |
| 2022 | 39 | 45 |
| 2023 | 39 | 26 |
| 2024 | 32 | 27 |
| 2025 | 26 | 15 |
| 2026 | 11 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mastless aerial lighting system11 Aug 2026US 12,703,506 B2STL Innovation LLC
- Deployable on-board optical fiber link for aerial drones11 Aug 2026US 12,703,518 B2Sedi-Ati Fibres Optiques
- Apparatus having electric-field actuated generator for powering electrical load within vicinity of powerlines28 Jul 2026US 12,695,322 B2
- Tethered UAV providing broad area lighting14 Jul 2026US 12,680,660 B2Sportsbeams Lighting, Inc.
- Aerial vehicle electrical power system and methods of supplying regulated voltage and regulating power variances in a tethered aerial vehicle19 May 2026US 12,635,052 B2Pegapod LLC
- Emergency vehicle6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225743 A1TOKO Life Creates Co., Ltd.
- Systems and Methods for Tethered Drones30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217384 A1Blue Vigil LLC
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flight Control System25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175977 A1Skydio, Inc.
- System and method for tethered unmanned aerial vehicle takeoff, landing, and storage14 May 2026US 2026/0131903 A1Dragonfly Pictures, Inc.
- Portable charging module30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116250 A1Oshkosh Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle rooftop inspection system200US 9,609,288 B1Unmanned Innovation, Inc. · 2017
- Method for retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft without a runway133US 6,264,140 B12001
- Robotic or remotely controlled flying platform129US 4,795,111 AMoller International, Inc. · 1989
- Unmanned aerial vehicle catcher117US 7,264,204 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2007
- UAV-based sensing for worksite operations110US 9,740,208 B2Deere & Company · 2017