B64U 70/83
Using parachutes, balloons or the like
Official title: using parachutes, balloons or the like
B64U70/83 (Using parachutes, balloons or the like) appears on 244 US grants and 303 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 244
- Published applications
- 303
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 524
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 27 |
| 2017 | 14 | 39 |
| 2018 | 16 | 19 |
| 2019 | 21 | 23 |
| 2020 | 28 | 39 |
| 2021 | 16 | 30 |
| 2022 | 29 | 19 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 |
| 2024 | 27 | 21 |
| 2025 | 24 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 12 |
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
- Horizontal and vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle222US 5,890,441 A1999
- Arrestment system129US 4,311,290 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1982
- Unmanned airborne reconnaissance system127US 7,210,654 B1Mission Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Aircraft with selectively attachable passenger pod assembly112US 9,963,228 B2Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. · 2018