B64U 30/26
Ducted or shrouded rotors
B64U30/26 (Ducted or shrouded rotors) appears on 392 US grants and 511 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 392
- Published applications
- 511
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 945
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 25 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 18 | 13 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 | 11 |
| 2016 | 9 | 28 |
| 2017 | 15 | 43 |
| 2018 | 24 | 55 |
| 2019 | 34 | 45 |
| 2020 | 33 | 52 |
| 2021 | 34 | 47 |
| 2022 | 28 | 50 |
| 2023 | 48 | 33 |
| 2024 | 47 | 22 |
| 2025 | 30 | 16 |
| 2026 | 13 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Eyewear controlling an UAV8 Sep 2026US 12,730,503 B2Snap Inc.
- Ducted fan aerial vehicle11 Aug 2026US 12,703,522 B2Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
- Unmanned land vehicle28 Jul 2026US 12,692,028 B2Aerbots, Inc.
- Drone systems and methods14 Jul 2026US 12,679,536 B2Duplicent, LLC
- Archway assembly for a circuit based vehicle14 Jul 2026US 12,679,566 B2
- Subminiature drone comprising rotary artificial muscle motor and operating method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307830 A1Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Centrifugal fan propulsion systems and methods for an aerial vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296685 A1Sacuba Pty Ltd
- Unmanned aerial vehicle systems and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285513 A1Swiss Robotics and Advanced Technologies AG
- Drone systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274409 A1Duplicent, LLC
- Electric flying object17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274465 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Horizontal and vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle222US 5,890,441 A1999
- Cooperative system and method for precise autonomous delivery147US 9,412,280 B12016
- Robotic or remotely controlled flying platform129US 4,795,111 AMoller International, Inc. · 1989
- Modular and morphable air vehicle125US 9,045,226 B2Piasecki Aircraft Corporation · 2015
- Modular flight vehicle with wings113US 8,646,720 B22014