B64U 50/12
Using turbine engines
Official title: using turbine engines, e.g. turbojets or turbofans
B64U50/12 (Using turbine engines) appears on 200 US grants and 230 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 200
- Published applications
- 230
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 347
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11 |
| 2006 | 15 | 13 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9 |
| 2018 | 11 | 15 |
| 2019 | 8 | 15 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 |
| 2021 | 11 | 27 |
| 2022 | 9 | 15 |
| 2023 | 27 | 15 |
| 2024 | 18 | 12 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026 | 9 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Sonotube compatible unmanned aerial vehicle and system413US 6,056,237 A2000
- Aircraft recovery methods121US 3,980,259 ABritish Aircraft Corporation Limited · 1976
- Apparatus and methods for variable sweep body conformal wing with application to projectiles, missiles, and unmanned air vehicles115US 6,923,404 B1ZONA Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Tailboom-stabilized VTOL aircraft103US 6,845,939 B12005
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