B64G COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- Subclass:
- COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
Description
B64G covers spacecraft, launch vehicles, orbital systems, and associated equipment for space exploration and operations beyond Earth's atmosphere. This includes satellites, space stations, propulsion systems for space vehicles, life support systems, docking mechanisms, and cargo handling equipment in space environments. The classification encompasses both crewed and uncrewed space vehicles, as well as ground support equipment and facilities directly related to spaceflight operations. Adjacent aircraft and aviation technologies are classified separately in B64 sister classes.
Related Keywords
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B64G 1/00 Cosmonautic vehicles
- B64G 3/00 Observing or tracking cosmonautic vehicles
- B64G 4/00 Tools specially adapted for use in space
- B64G 5/00 Ground equipment for vehicles, e.g. starting towers, fuelling arrangements
- B64G 6/00 Space suits
- B64G 7/00 Simulating cosmonautic conditions, e.g. for conditioning crews
- B64G 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B64, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- BOEING COMPANY US 8,583
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS DE 3,430
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS FR 2,757
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND US 2,332
- SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY CN 2,109
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS GB 2,084
- GOODRICH CORPORATION US 2,053
- XI'AN AIRCRAFT DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AVIATION INDUSTRY CORPORATION OF CHINA 1,938
- BOEING COMPANY 1,816
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS 1,589