Air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle
US-2017369150-A1 · Dec 28, 2017 · US
for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft
for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
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Related technology areas
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | B64U70/20 |
| Official title | for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft |
| Display label | for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft |
| Total patents | 277 |
Filing trend
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is declining.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 43 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 50 |
| 2021 | 33 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 25 |
| 2024 | 24 |
| 2025 | 17 |
| 2026 | 5 |
Representative patents
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
Unmanned aerial vehicle system having multi-rotor type rotary wing
US-2017369169-A1 · Dec 28, 2017 · US
Multiple environment unmanned vehicle
US-9844990-B2 · Dec 19, 2017 · US
Systems and methods for in-flight retrieval of unmanned aerial vehicles
US-2017349283-A1 · Dec 7, 2017 · US
Unmanned aerial vehicle with deployable transmit/receive module apparatus with ramjet
US-2017343645-A1 · Nov 30, 2017 · US
Methods of Dynamically Controlling Airflow Behind a Carrier Aircraft to Redirect Air Flow During an In-flight Recovery of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and an Apparatus Therefor
US-2017341735-A1 · Nov 30, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327221-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327213-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327211-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327214-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327228-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327212-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327229-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327216-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327307-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327230-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327206-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017327226-A1 · Nov 16, 2017 · US
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
US-2017297738-A1 · Oct 19, 2017 · US
Aerial agricultural management system
US-9776717-B2 · Oct 3, 2017 · US
Frequently asked questions
Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.
- What is CPC B64U70/20?
- CPC B64U70/20 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft.”
- How many patents are filed under CPC B64U70/20 (for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft)?
- Our database includes 277 publications tagged with this CPC code.
- Is patent activity under CPC B64U70/20 growing?
- Publication counts under this code: 24 in 2024 vs 17 in 2025 (latest complete years).