Top Flight Technologies has a total of 56 patents globally, out of which 20 have been granted. Of these 56 patents, more than 41% patents are active. The USA is where Top Flight Technologies has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by China and Japan. Parallelly, China seems to be the main focused R&D centre of Top Flight Technologies.
Top Flight Technologies was founded in the year 2014 by Chris Nguyen, John Polo and Sanjay Sarma. Company is dedicated to application-specific, cost effective commercial solutions of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs).
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Top Flight Technologies which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Top Flight Technologies patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Top Flight Technologies patent portfolio.
How many patents does Top Flight Technologies have?
Top Flight Technologies has a total of 56 patents globally. These patents belong to 20 unique patent families. Out of 56 patents, 23 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Top Flight Technologies File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Top Flight Technologies Applications Filed | Top Flight Technologies Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 1 | – |
| 2012 | – | – |
| 2013 | – | – |
| 2014 | – | – |
| 2015 | 1 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | – |
| 2017 | 19 | 3 |
| 2018 | 14 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | – | 1 |
| 2021 | 10 | 3 |
| 2022 | – | 1 |
How many Top Flight Technologies patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did Top Flight Technologies File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Top Flight Technologies Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 21 |
| China | 11 |
| Japan | 9 |
| Europe | 2 |
| Singapore | 2 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
Where are Research Centres of Top Flight Technologies Patents Located?
10 Best Top Flight Technologies Patents
US10308358B2 is the most popular patent in the Top Flight Technologies portfolio. It has received 23 citations so far from companies like Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Siemens, and Moog.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Top Flight Technologies:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US10308358B2 | 23 |
| US9751625B2 | 23 |
| US9764837B2 | 19 |
| WO2017197316A1 | 13 |
| WO2017087399A1 | 13 |
| US10065726B1 | 12 |
| US9902495B2 | 12 |
| US9751626B2 | 11 |
| US10017266B2 | 9 |
| US20180244386A1 | 9 |
List of Top Flight Technologies Patents
| Top Flight Patents | Title |
| US10571932B2 | Navigation System For A Drone |
| US10469007B2 | Hybrid Power System Characterization |
| US10400840B2 | Flight Test Stand |
| US10308358B2 | Passenger Carrying Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| US10266262B2 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| US10198011B2 | Navigation System For A Drone |
| US10065726B1 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles With Multiple Configurations |
| US10035596B2 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| US10017266B2 | Power Generation And Distribution For Vehicle Propulsion |
| US9902495B2 | Data Center Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| US9764837B2 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| US9751625B2 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| US9751626B2 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| US20190283874A1 | Passenger Carrying Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| US20190241264A1 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| US20190112049A1 | Portable Launch System |
| US20190009879A1 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles With Multiple Configurations |
| US20180297710A1 | Power Generation And Distribution For Vehicle Propulsion |
| US20180257776A1 | Cooling A Power System For An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| US20180244386A1 | Weather Sensing |
| US20180237138A1 | Data Center Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| EP3455130A4 | Passenger Carrying Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| EP3455131A4 | Data Center Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| CN216663231U | A Precursor Coating Laser To Prepare Tantalum Nitride Film Device |
| CN214881901U | Preparation Device Of Tantalum Nitride Coated Steel Material |
| CN214736052U | Reaction Cavity For Sputtering Deposition |
| CN214378384U | Wafer Clamp Of Sputtering Deposition Equipment |
| CN201681806U | Wafer Clamp |
| CN113201773A | Preparation Method Of Tantalum Nitride Coated Steel Material |
| CN113089062A | Preparation Device Of Tantalum Nitride Coated Steel Material |
| CN113073311A | Device And Method For Preparing Tantalum Nitride Film By Precursor Coating Laser |
| CN113026000A | Tantalum Nitride Film Laser Preparing Device And Method Adopting Precursor Coating And Gas Protection |
| CN112877655A | Reaction Cavity For Sputtering Coating Deposition |
| CN112864083A | Wafer Clamp Of Sputtering Deposition Equipment |
| WO2019079394A3 | Portable Launch System |
| WO2019010428A1 | Navigation System For A Drone |
| WO2018165498A1 | Cooling A Power System For An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| WO2018148636A1 | Weather Sensing |
| WO2018102041A3 | Hybrid Power System Characterization |
| WO2018057702A1 | Power Generation And Distribution For Vehicle Propulsion |
| WO2017197316A1 | Passenger Carrying Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| WO2017197325A1 | Data Center Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| WO2017197239A1 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles With Multiple Configurations |
| WO2017087399A1 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| JP6570095B2 | Power Generation And Distribution For Vehicle Propulsion |
| JP2020513122A | Navigation System For Drones |
| JP2020511350A | Power System Cooling For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| JP2020006953A | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| JP2019501057A5 | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| JP2019534665A | Hybrid Power System Characterization |
| JP2019516611A5 | Passenger Transport Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Powered By Hybrid Generator System |
| JP2019516598A5 | Data Center Powered By A Hybrid Generator System |
| JP2019006388A | Power Generation And Distribution For Vehicle Propulsion |
| SG11201803974TA | Micro Hybrid Generator System Drone |
| SG176354A1 | Wafer Clamping Ring |
| TWM393037U | Wafer Clamping |
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What are Top Flight Technologies’ key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Top Flight Technologies’?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Top Flight Technologies’ in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Top Flight Technologies’ thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Top Flight Technologies’ search focus changed over the years?
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