G05D 1/102
Specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft
Official title: {specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft}
G05D1/102 (Specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft) appears on 746 US grants and 875 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 746
- Published applications
- 875
- Assignees
- 306
- Inventors
- 1,371
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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