IPC Subgroup
B64U 50/1 Propulsion
Introduced: January 2023
Full Title
Propulsion; Power supply > Propulsion
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- Subclass:
- UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B64U 50/11 using internal combustion piston engines
- B64U 50/12 using turbine engines, e.g. turbojets or turbofans
- B64U 50/13 using external fans or propellers
- B64U 50/15 using combustion exhausts other than turbojets or turbofans, e.g. using rockets, ramjets, scramjets or pulse-reactors
- B64U 50/16 using means other than air displacement or combustion exhaust, e.g. water or magnetic levitation
- B64U 50/18 Thrust vectoring
- B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
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