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  5. /Y10S 116/00 · Signals and indicators
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Y10S 116/09

Balloons

Y10S116/09 (Balloons) appears on 57 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 116/00Signals and indicators
  5. Y10S 116/09Balloons
Granted patents
57
Published applications
1
Assignees
12
Inventors
72
Latest grant
15 Feb 2011

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 116/09: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
197650
197760
197830
197900
198020
198120
198200
198300
198400
198510
198620
198720
198810
198940
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199150
199220
199310
199410
199520
199620
199700
199820
199910
200020
200120
200220
200300
200411
200500
200600
200700
200800
200900
201000
201110

19761986199620062011

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Multifunctional emergency kit and associated method15 Feb 2011US 7,886,682 B1
  • Man overboard locator device19 Oct 2004US 6,805,071 B2The Boeing Company
  • Emergency indicating and signaling device12 Nov 2002US 6,477,979 B1
  • Personal rescue device19 Mar 2002US 6,359,568 B1
  • Self-triggering inflatable balloon device and valve therefor having an improved puncture stake16 Oct 2001US 6,302,171 B1
  • Man overboard locator device1 Jul 2004US 2004/0123793 A1The Boeing Company

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Inflatable balloon distress marker having small article containing compartment therein148US 4,586,456 A1986
  • Emergency signal balloon apparatus82US 4,872,414 A1989
  • Source of vacuum and device for maintaining a negative pressure in an enclosure81US 4,287,819 A1981
  • Visual pressure indicator for endotracheal cuff68US 4,617,015 AHalkey-Roberts Corporation · 1986
  • Self-contained, self-inflating novelty balloon61US 5,049,106 A1991

Top assignees

Documents
  • BThe Boeing Company2
  • RLThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.2
  • AAerobal Corp.1
  • HRHalkey-Roberts Corporation1
  • KRKiwi Research & Development Corp.1
  • LPLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.1
  • RPR & P Enterprises1
  • RRadarFind Corporation1
  • RQRes-Q-Devices, Inc.1
  • SSandoz Ltd.1

Often classified with

  • B64BLighter-than air aircraft27
  • G08BSignalling systems14
  • A63HToys10
  • B63CLaunching, hauling-out, or dry-docking of vessels8
  • A61MDevices for delivering substances into the body3
  • A62BDevices, apparatus or methods for life-saving3
  • B63BShips or other waterborne vessels3
  • F16KValves2
  • G01WMeteorology2
  • G09FDisplaying2

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