B64U 50/31
Generated by photovoltaics
Official title: generated by photovoltaics
B64U50/31 (Generated by photovoltaics) appears on 382 US grants and 499 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 382
- Published applications
- 499
- Assignees
- 211
- Inventors
- 766
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 8 | 7 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 11 | 15 |
| 2016 | 17 | 37 |
| 2017 | 23 | 36 |
| 2018 | 28 | 46 |
| 2019 | 37 | 31 |
| 2020 | 31 | 52 |
| 2021 | 35 | 58 |
| 2022 | 31 | 52 |
| 2023 | 25 | 41 |
| 2024 | 42 | 21 |
| 2025 | 28 | 25 |
| 2026 | 24 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Aerial drone navigation system with lidar mapping22 Sep 2026US 12,743,734 B2
- Systems and methods to optimize consumption and trip time of electrically powered aerial vehicles1 Sep 2026US 12,722,522 B2
- Flight module25 Aug 2026US 12,715,630 B2Innotec Lightweight Engineering & Polymer Technology GmbH
- Extended range vertical take-off and landing drone11 Aug 2026US 12,703,517 B2Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- System for tracking solar energy11 Aug 2026US 12,706,560 B2AST & Science, LLC
- Drone in a Box24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285515 A1Xcel Energy
- Drone systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274409 A1Duplicent, LLC
- Equatorial Stratospheric Sunbelts (ESS)17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274468 A1Sunlight Aerospace Inc.
- Photoelectric conversion element, photovoltalic module, flying object and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282562 A1Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
- Method of operating a high altitude long endurance aircraft for maximizing solar capture20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246420 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
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By later US patents
- Multi-use UAV docking station systems and methods430US 9,387,928 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- Systems and methods for UAV docking417US 9,056,676 B1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. · 2015
- Aircraft191US 5,810,284 A1998
- Insect-like micro air vehicle having perching, energy scavenging, crawling, and offensive payload capabilities120US 8,167,234 B12012
- Aerial farm robot system for crop dusting, planting, fertilizing and other field jobs99US 9,382,003 B2Bee Robotics Corporation · 2016