G05D 1/0858
Specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft
Official title: {specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft}
G05D1/0858 (Specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft) appears on 676 US grants and 611 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 676
- Published applications
- 611
- Assignees
- 205
- Inventors
- 920
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 65 | 40 |
| 2024 | 38 | 17 |
| 2025 | 24 | 9 |
| 2026 | 12 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and method for flight control of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft11 Aug 2026US 12,703,485 B2Beta Air, LLC
- Attitude control device14 Jul 2026US 12,679,533 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Determining control parameters for formation of multiple UAVs14 Jul 2026US 12,681,479 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft gaming apparatus and methods7 Jul 2026US 12,673,765 B2Archer Aviation Inc.
- Health based actuator allocation23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208878 A1Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Multicopter with angled rotors30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118885 A1Wisk Aero LLC
- System and method for initiating a command of an electric aircraft2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093781 A1Beta Air, LLC
- VTOL M-Wing Configuration26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054831 A1Joby Aero, Inc.
- Decoupled hand controls for aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing and forward flight capabilities6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340288 A1Kitty Hawk Corporation
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