G01W 1/08
Adaptations of balloons, missiles, or aircraft for meteorological purposes
Official title: Adaptations of balloons, missiles, or aircraft for meteorological purposes; Radiosondes (transmission of measurements G01D; transmitting circuits H04B; {balloons in general B64B; aeroplanes in general B64D; missiles in general F42B15/00})
G01W1/08 (Adaptations of balloons, missiles, or aircraft for meteorological purposes) appears on 219 US grants and 222 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01W- Granted patents
- 219
- Published applications
- 222
- Assignees
- 148
- Inventors
- 567
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 7 | 14 |
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| 2022 | 19 | 14 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 15 | 13 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods, and unmanned aerial systems for obtaining meteorological data6 Oct 2026US 12,754,345 B2Alveo AB
- Aircraft modular data collection platform4 Aug 2026US 12,700,315 B2The Boeing Company
- Pod performance test system and method for near space aerostat30 Jun 2026US 12,669,413 B2Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Method for mapping contrail formation to engine performance characteristics2 Jun 2026US 12,644,409 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Lighter than air balloon systems and methods10 Mar 2026US 12,570,389 B2World View Enterprises Inc.
- Method for mapping contrail formation to engine performance characteristics24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286886 A1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Upper atmospheric environmental gas measurement device for radiosonde and measurement method thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251628 A1Korea Research Institute of Standard and Science
- System and method for meteorological modelling23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211154 A1Skyfora Oy
- System and method for avoiding hazardous atmospheric zones18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168797 A1WindBorne Systems Inc.
- Systems and methods for determining weather conditions within an airspace28 May 2026US 2026/0147137 A1The Boeing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms152US 7,356,390 B2Space Data Corporation · 2008
- Interferometer to eliminate the influence of clouds138US 5,621,526 ANEC Corporation · 1997
- Atmospheric data aggregation and forecasting system125US 6,977,608 B1Rockwell Collins, Inc. · 2005
- Cockpit weather information system91US 6,014,606 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 2000
- High altitude airship system68US 6,010,093 A2000