G05D 1/042
Specially adapted for aircraft
Official title: {specially adapted for aircraft}
G05D1/042 (Specially adapted for aircraft) appears on 432 US grants and 477 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 432
- Published applications
- 477
- Assignees
- 206
- Inventors
- 892
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 6 |
| 2015 | 15 | 18 |
| 2016 | 28 | 36 |
| 2017 | 41 | 45 |
| 2018 | 41 | 57 |
| 2019 | 29 | 81 |
| 2020 | 46 | 56 |
| 2021 | 52 | 39 |
| 2022 | 38 | 45 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 |
| 2024 | 44 | 22 |
| 2025 | 28 | 16 |
| 2026 | 14 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aircraft control systems and methods using sliding mode control and feedback linearization6 Oct 2026US 12,754,554 B2Bombardier Inc.
- Multicopter with self-adjusting rotors8 Sep 2026US 12,730,452 B2Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Automated aircraft recovery system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,683 B2Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Tether-based wind estimation30 Jun 2026US 12,669,825 B2Wing Aviation LLC
- Active valve for throttling ascent rate9 Jun 2026US 12,649,564 B2Aerostar International, LLC
- System and method for safety enhancement of stationary drone mission operations18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169486 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Systems and methods providing assist-to-land and emergency land functions4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155051 A1Honeywell International Inc.
- Intelligent altitude and velocity smoothing for aircraft paths and terrain-following altitude profile generation for route planning30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120578 A1The Boeing Company
- Methods of taking a measurement23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109494 A1Verity AG
- Systems and methods for detecting and managing the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084833 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle rooftop inspection system200US 9,609,288 B1Unmanned Innovation, Inc. · 2017
- Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms152US 7,356,390 B2Space Data Corporation · 2008
- On-board redundant power system for unmanned aerial vehicles142US 9,376,208 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- Methods, systems and devices for delivery drone security107US 9,359,074 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2016
- Unmanned aerial vehicle and methods for controlling same94US 9,075,415 B2Airphrame, Inc. · 2015