Drone Patent Index July 2014

Drone Patent Index July 2014

30 drone patents were granted in July. This is a decrease of 1 from June.

32 drone patent application were published in July. This is a decreased of 3 from June.

Selected Drone Patents

Pat. #	Title	Assignee
8793046	Inferring state of traffic signal and other aspects of a vehicle’s environment based on surrogate data	Google Inc.
8793036	Trackless transit system with adaptive vehicles	The Boeing Company
8791836	Reflexive response system for popup threat survival	Lockheed Martin Corporation
8791835	Methods for road safety enhancement using mobile communication device	None
8789635	Heavy-duty ground transportation vehicle, in particular an unmanned heavy-duty transportation vehicle for ISO containers	Gottwald Port Technology GmbH
8789631	Roof inspection systems with autonomous guidance	Tobor Technology, LLC
8789472	Quasi self-contained energy storage and power supply system	Serise Technologies, Inc.
8788135	System, method, and computer software code for providing real time optimization of a mission plan for a powered system	General Electric Company
8788134	Autonomous driving merge management system	GM Global Technology Operations LLC
8788121	Autonomous vehicle and method for coordinating the paths of multiple autonomous vehicles	Proxy Technologies, Inc.
8788119	Unmanned vehicle and system	The Boeing Company
8788118	Systems and methods for detecting and managing the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft.	Jeffrey A. Matos
8788117	Method for moving an aircraft along the ground.	Airbus Operations
8787904	Aircraft based wireless communication system	Smartsky Networks LLC
8783791	Dual circuit pneumatic foot valve with electronically controlled proportional modulator (ECPM) and operator input sensing.	Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC.
8783608	Aircraft anchoring harpoon with jack connected to pressurized gas source	Dcns
8783607	UAV Recovery system.	Arcturus UAV LLC
8781721	Obstacle evaluation technique.	Google Inc.
8781670	Controlling vehicle lateral lane positioning.	Google Inc.
8781669	Consideration of risks in active sensing for an autonomous vehicle.	Google Inc.
8781650	Aircraft navigation system.	The Boeing Company
8780195	Fusion of multi-sensor information with operator-learned behavior for automatic and efficient recognition of objects and control of remote vehicles.	The united States of America as Represented by the secretary of the Navy
8775013	System and method for acoustic signature health monitoring of unmanned autonomous vehicles. (UAVS)	The Boeing Company
8773330	Method and apparatus for virtual mission control station	The Boeing Company
8770976	Methods and systems for use in training armed personnel.	Marathno Robotics Pty Ltd.
8770941	Blade orientation of an impeller or propeller.	Mike Richard John Smith
8768555	Autonomous control of unmanned aerial vehicles.	L-3 Unmanned Systems, Inc.
8766925	Method and apparatus for providing input to a processor, and a sensor pad.	New York University
9764498	Wave-powered device with one or more tethers having one or more rigid sections.	Liquid Robotics, Inc.
8763959	Two-element airfoil configuration for minimizing accretion of contaminant.	Israel Aerospace Industries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions

We try to limit the Drone Patent Index to patents and patent applications that appear to be substantially related to and intended for use with drones. Since drones use a very wide range of technologies (please see our drone technology article), we do not attempt to include every patent or application that could be applied to drones. As we use it here, the term “drone” includes any autonomous vehicle.

Please let us know if we have missed any important patents.

Drone patent applications are applications that have been filed with and published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Although most applications are published, a small percentage (about 7% nation wide) are not published for various reasons. Patent applications are generally published 18 months after the first priority date of the application. Published applications have not necessarily been examined and some applications will be abandoned after publication. Once an application is examined and approved and all fees and formalities have been satisfied, the Patent Office grants a patent.

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