G05D 1/104
Involving a plurality of aircrafts
Official title: {involving a plurality of aircrafts, e.g. formation flying (traffic control systems for aircraft G08G5/00)}
G05D1/104 (Involving a plurality of aircrafts) appears on 864 US grants and 1,050 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 864
- Published applications
- 1,050
- Assignees
- 406
- Inventors
- 1,888
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2016 | 32 | 46 |
| 2017 | 55 | 95 |
| 2018 | 61 | 117 |
| 2019 | 99 | 127 |
| 2020 | 76 | 111 |
| 2021 | 83 | 117 |
| 2022 | 84 | 129 |
| 2023 | 90 | 91 |
| 2024 | 92 | 55 |
| 2025 | 71 | 27 |
| 2026 | 28 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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