Aircraft with means for ground manoeuvring, such as taxiing, using an auxiliary thrust system, e.g. jet-engines, propellers or compressed air

Filing statistics

CPC B64D 2205/00 belongs to the parent subclass B64D, which recorded 111,940 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 5,876 in 2013 to 9,018 in 2023 (+53%), peaking at 13,543 applications in 2019. The most active applicants in class B64 are BOEING COMPANY (9,861 applications), AIRBUS OPERATIONS (3,766 applications) and AIRBUS OPERATIONS (3,112 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings