B64U 70/20
Launching, take-off or landing arrangements: for releasing or capturing uavs in flight
Official title: for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft
B64U70/20 (Launching, take-off or landing arrangements: for releasing or capturing uavs in flight) appears on 251 US grants and 298 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 251
- Published applications
- 298
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 492
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 | 50 |
| 2018 | 17 | 23 |
| 2019 | 18 | 16 |
| 2020 | 43 | 31 |
| 2021 | 26 | 27 |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 |
| 2023 | 27 | 25 |
| 2024 | 20 | 14 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 |
| 2026 | 12 | 19 |
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
- Deployment and adjustment of airborne unmanned aerial vehicles291US 9,421,869 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2016
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- System and methods for airborne launch and recovery of aircraft82US 8,231,083 B2The Boeing Company · 2012
- Micro-unmanned aerial vehicle deployment system76US 8,708,285 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2014