Patent assignee · US · GOVERNMENT

The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy

163Patents
159Active
163Granted
60Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 19, 1968 → Sep 2, 2021 · 12 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8350769B1 Frequency agile electrically small tactical AM broadcast band antenna system Electricity 86 Active
US8201773B1 Flexible self-erecting substructures for sensor networks Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Active
US9455391B1 Advanced process flow for quantum memory devices and josephson junctions with heterogeneous integration Electricity 26 Active
US9774182B2 Intelligent solid-state integrated crowbar/circuit breaker Electricity 24 Active
US9755133B1 Reconfigurable, tunable quantum qubit circuits with internal, nonvolatile memory Electricity 19 Active
US8073079B1 Angle-modulated signal threshold extension device and method Electricity 15 Active
US5727381A Duct flow control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US9323418B2 Method for analyzing GUI design affordances Physics 13 Active
US8991250B2 Tuning fork gyroscope time domain inertial sensor Physics 12 Active
US9994307B2 Vertical take-off-and-landing unmanned aerial vehicle system capable of landing on uneven or sloped terrain Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US8103212B1 Relay device deployer system Electricity 10 Active
US10375659B1 Wireless body-area network time synchronization using R peak reference broadcasts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8689631B1 High sensitivity mechanical gyro with reduced quadrature error Physics 9 Active
US8314750B1 Slotted bifilar or quadrifilar helix antenna Electricity 9 Active
US8988539B1 Single image acquisition high dynamic range camera by distorted image restoration Electricity 9 Active
US7278290B1 Projectile impact energy and location measurement system Physics 8 Active
US10569423B1 Spiral curve self-aligning docking device Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US9449280B2 System and method for mining large, diverse, distributed, and heterogeneous datasets Physics 7 Active
US9418558B1 Autonomous collision avoidance navigation system and method Physics 7 Active
US9831933B1 Techniques and methods for frequency division multiplexed digital beamforming Electricity 7 Active
US7742415B1 Non-intrusive knowledge suite for evaluation of latencies in IP networks Electricity 7 Active
US9960484B2 Non-foster active impedance circuit for electrically small antennas Electricity 6 Active
US9107081B1 Method of maintaining an ad hoc communications network between a base and a mobile platform Electricity 6 Active
US10460579B1 Tamper detection system Physics 6 Active
US10217023B1 Image recognition system using a programmable photonic neural network Physics 6 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.