G05D 2109/20
Aircraft
Official title: Aircraft, e.g. drones
G05D2109/20 (Aircraft) appears on 926 US grants and 1,636 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 926
- Published applications
- 1,636
- Assignees
- 592
- Inventors
- 3,189
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 12 | 29 |
| 2017 | 18 | 58 |
| 2018 | 17 | 44 |
| 2019 | 36 | 58 |
| 2020 | 50 | 61 |
| 2021 | 55 | 78 |
| 2022 | 54 | 82 |
| 2023 | 83 | 140 |
| 2024 | 105 | 357 |
| 2025 | 267 | 350 |
| 2026 | 206 | 351 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods, and unmanned aerial systems for obtaining meteorological data6 Oct 2026US 12,754,345 B2Alveo AB
- Characteristic estimation of a vehicle using slopes from images6 Oct 2026US 12,754,558 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and associated methodology for adaptive aerial survey6 Oct 2026US 12,754,565 B2Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
- System and method for customizing noise abatement departure procedures6 Oct 2026US 12,754,567 B2Honeywell Aerospace US LLC
- Automated and user assisted autorotation for air vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,570 B2Skyryse, Inc.
- Spotlight Attachment For UAVS And Related Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307828 A1
- Articulated ring wing evtol structure with distributed propulsion and advanced dynamic payload stabilization system and integrated energy regeneration and safety systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307829 A1Aerial MECHANICA Inc.
- Information processing method, information processing device, and computer program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309500 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Initial Location Determination of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles from Uncalibrated Location Observations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310203 A1Wing Aviation LLC
- Aircraft control method and apparatus, aircraft, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310209 A1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle communication, monitoring, and traffic management295US 9,087,451 B12015
- Multi-part navigation process by an unmanned aerial vehicle for navigating to a medical situatiion181US 8,930,044 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Systems and methods for operating drones in response to an incident132US 10,137,984 B1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2018
- Drone for inspection of enclosed space and method thereof113US 8,874,283 B1United Dynamics Advanced Technologies Corporation · 2014
- System and method for human operator intervention in autonomous vehicle operations87US 9,488,979 B1Zipline International Inc. · 2016