B64U 70/50
Launching from storage containers
Official title: Launching from storage containers, e.g. from submarine missile tubes
B64U70/50 (Launching from storage containers) appears on 158 US grants and 182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 182
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 316
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 | 13 |
| 2019 | 14 | 12 |
| 2020 | 13 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 7 | 15 |
| 2023 | 14 | 15 |
| 2024 | 19 | 18 |
| 2025 | 21 | 19 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for detachably coupling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a launch tube15 Sep 2026US 12,735,204 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Unmanned aerial vehicle landing platform systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,735,208 B2FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system including field-portable housing with internal chambers and related methods15 Sep 2026US 12,735,209 B1Eagle Technology, LLC
- Landing and alignment of an unmanned aerial vehicle with a base station15 Sep 2026US 12,735,210 B2Skydio, Inc.
- Vertical air vehicle takeoff and landing stabilization apparatuses, systems, and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,729,022 B2The Boeing Company
- Drone in a Box24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285515 A1Xcel Energy
- Deployable surveillance, security and/or enforcement system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242015 A1Exsis Limited
- Industrial aerial robot systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242078 A1
- Industrial aerial robot systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242079 A1
- Industrial aerial robot systems and methods16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200606 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube184US 8,505,430 B2AeroVironment, Inc. · 2013
- Modular flying vehicle133US 8,453,962 B22013
- Unmanned craft126US 4,410,151 AVereinigte Flugtechnische Werke-Fokker GmbH · 1983
- 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
- Modular flight vehicle with wings113US 8,646,720 B22014