그림 16. 피인용 수에 따른 특허 수의 분포
| ○ | 드론 기술에 속하는 특허 12700편 중 (2019-2024년 출판된 특허), 적어도 1회 이상 인용된 특허 수는 4313편(33.96%)임. |
| ○ | 드론 기술에 속하는 특허 중 피인용수가 높은 특허 리스트를 표 18 에 나타내었음. |
표 18. 고 피인용 특허 목록
| 번호 | 특허제목(미국특허번호) | 출원인 | 패밀리 특허번호 | 피인용 수 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cellular structures with twelve-cornered cells (10393315) |
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC(US, MI, Dearborn) | US 10948000 B2 20210316; US 2019331295 A1 20191031; US 2017307138 A1 20171026; US 10393315 B2 20190827 | 84 |
| 2 | Manufacturing of components of a vehicle using additive layer manufacturing (10442002) |
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH(DE, Hamburg) | CN 105598447 B 20171219; CN 105598447 A 20160525; US 2016136891 A1 20160519; US 10442002 B2 20191015; DE 102014116938 A1 20160519 | 82 |
| 3 | Curtain retention bracket (10337542) |
BOEING CO(US, IL, Chicago) | US 10337542 B2 20190702; US 2018245610 A1 20180830 | 80 |
| 4 | Digital flexural materials (10384416) |
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY(US, MA, Cambridge) | US 2017183870 A1 20170629; US 10384416 B2 20190820; US 9566758 B2 20170214; US 2014037873 A1 20140206 | 80 |
| 5 | Efficient sub-structures (10392097) |
BOEING CO(US, IL, Chicago) | EP 3372395 A3 20181128; EP 3372395 A2 20180912; EP 3372395 B1 20191204; JP 2018131194 A 20180823; JP 7086574 B2 20220620; CN 108437507 B 20210525; CN 108437507 A 20180824; US 2018229443 A1 20180816; US 10392097 B2 20190827; US 10889363 B2 20210112; US 2019291845 A1 20190926; EP 3623144 B1 20220202; EP 3623144 A1 20200318; ES 2771103 T3 20200706; ES 2912024 T3 20220524 | 80 |
| 6 | Selective encoding of packages (10336543) |
Wing Aviation LLC(US, CA, Mountain View) | US 10336543 B1 20190702 | 69 |
| 7 | Cellular system (10812992) |
US 10812992 B1 20201020; US 2021112425 A1 20210415 | 68 | |
| 8 | Wireless control of unmanned aerial vehicle with distance ranging and channel sensing (10613209) |
QUALCOMM INC(US, CA, San Diego) | US 11035944 B2 20210615; US 2020292690 A1 20200917; US 2019120954 A1 20190425; WO 2017019570 A1 20170202; WO 2017019571 A1 20170202; US 10613209 B2 20200407; US 2017029107 A1 20170202; EP 3329295 A1 20180606; EP 3329295 B1 20210818; EP 3329295 A4 20190320; EP 3329296 A1 20180606; EP 3329296 A4 20190320; EP 3329296 B1 20210915; KR 20180026470 A 20180312; KR 20180026469 A 20180312; CN 108139473 A 20180608; CN 108139473 B 20220624; CN 108139474 A 20180608; CN 108139474 B 20220722; US 2018210075 A1 20180726; US 10809370 B2 20201020 | 58 |
| 9 | LIDAR light fence to cue long range LIDAR of target drone (10408936) |
RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP(US, MA, Cambridge) | US 10408936 B2 20190910; US 2019004176 A1 20190103; US 2018364741 A1 20181220; US 2017261604 A1 20170914; US 10690772 B2 20200623; US 2017261999 A1 20170914; US 2017261613 A1 20170914 | 57 |
| 10 | Intelligent inventory management and related systems and methods (10373116) |
FELLOW, INC.(US, CA, Burlingame) | US 10373116 B2 20190806; US 2019087772 A1 20190321 | 53 |
| 11 | Active position control of tethered hook (10689113) |
Wing Aviation LLC(US, CA, Mountain View) | SG 11202005722V A 20200729; AU 2021201663 A1 20210408; AU 2021201663 B2 20220526; EP 4047438 A1 20220824; WO 2019125724 A1 20190627; EP 3729220 A1 20201028; US 10689113 B2 20200623; US 2019193856 A1 20190627; AU 2018390414 B2 20210211; AU 2018390414 A1 20200604; CN 111512253 A 20200807; CN 111512253 B 20230630; US 10974831 B2 20210413; US 2020277058 A1 20200903 | 50 |
| 12 | Unmanned aerial vehicle management (10453348) |
IMAGEKEEPER LLC(US, NV, Las Vegas) | US 11367360 B2 20220621; US 2020286389 A1 20200910; US 11373539 B2 20220628; US 2020349853 A1 20201105; US 11455896 B2 20220927; US 2020410872 A1 20201231; US 2023186776 A1 20230615; US 11308815 B2 20220419; US 2020160728 A1 20200521; WO 2016205415 A1 20161222; US 2016364989 A1 20161215; US 10453348 B2 20191022 | 39 |
| 13 | Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors (10364036) |
Kitty Hawk Corporation(US, CA, Mountain View) | US 2019322378 A1 20191024; US 11358713 B2 20220614; US 2023026170 A1 20230126; WO 2018075414 A1 20180426; US 2018105279 A1 20180419; US 10364036 B2 20190730 | 35 |
| 14 | Unmanned aerial vehicle having an elevated surface sensor (11235890) |
WORKING DRONES, INC.(US, FL, Jacksonville) | US 11235890 B1 20220201 | 34 |
| 15 | Multi-core processor with independently executing flight control programs (10423158) |
AMAZON TECH INC(US, WA, Seattle) | US 10423158 B1 20190924 | 33 |
| 16 | System and method for aerial video traffic analysis (10410055) |
TuSimple(US, CA, San Diego) | AU 2018345330 A1 20200507; CN 111201496 B 20230630; CN 111201496 A 20200526; EP 3692428 A1 20200812; EP 3692428 A4 20210714; WO 2019070604 A1 20190411; US 10410055 B2 20190910; US 2019108384 A1 20190411 | 31 |
| 17 | Unmanned aerial vehicle data collection for routing (10553122) |
AMAZON TECH INC(US, WA, Seattle) | US 11610493 B1 20230321; US 10553122 B1 20200204 | 30 |
| 18 | Autonomous drone based package reception and surveillance system (10351261) |
US 10351261 B1 20190716 | 29 | |
| 19 | Unmanned aerial vehicles (10586464) |
US 11145212 B2 20211012; US 2020265726 A1 20200820; US 2022223056 A1 20220714; US 2017069214 A1 20170309; US 10586464 B2 20200310 | 29 | |
| 20 | Predictive parcel damage identification, analysis, and mitigation (10796423) |
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC(US, GA, Atlanta) | WO 2019068076 A1 20190404; EP 3688684 A1 20200805; US 10796423 B2 20201006; US 2019102874 A1 20190404; CA 3076912 C 20230502; CA 3076912 A1 20190404; US 11526973 B2 20221213; US 2021019871 A1 20210121; US 2023094550 A1 20230330 | 29 |
| 21 | Unmanned aerial vehicle docking system (10407182) |
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville(US, AL, Huntsville) | US 10953999 B2 20210323; US 2020071001 A1 20200305; US 10407182 B1 20190910 | 29 |
| 22 | Drone-augmented emergency response services (10467885) |
ALARM COM INC(US, VA, Tysons) | US 11062589 B2 20210713; US 2019347924 A1 20191114; AU 2020203351 B2 20210812; AU 2020203351 A1 20200611; US 11645904 B2 20230509; US 2021335123 A1 20211028; AU 2021266310 A1 20211209; EP 3356857 A1 20180808; EP 3356857 A4 20190612; WO 2017059395 A1 20170406; US 2017092109 A1 20170330; US 10467885 B2 20191105; CA 3000035 A1 20170406; AU 2016331221 A1 20180412; AU 2016331221 B2 20200227 | 28 |
| 23 | Techniques for managing processing resources (10893107) |
AMAZON TECH INC(US, WA, Seattle) | US 10893107 B1 20210112 | 28 |
| 24 | Aircraft having redundant directional control (10597164) |
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC(US, RI, Providence) | US 10913541 B2 20210209; US 2020231297 A1 20200723; US 2018297712 A1 20181018; US 10597164 B2 20200324 | 27 |
| 25 | Object detection and avoidance for aerial vehicles (10402646) |
AMAZON TECH INC(US, WA, Seattle) | JP 7252943 B2 20230405; JP 2020537217 A 20201217; JP 2023085384 A 20230620; EP 3685307 A1 20200729; WO 2019060414 A1 20190328; US 10402646 B2 20190903; US 2019087635 A1 20190321; US 11195011 B2 20211207; US 2020012842 A1 20200109; CN 111247523 B 20220510; CN 111247523 A 20200605 | 26 |
| 26 | Multicopter with angled rotors (10364024) |
Kitty Corporation(US, CA, Mountain View) | AU 2017346502 B2 20210128; AU 2017346502 A1 20190502; CN 109843715 B 20220712; CN 109843715 A 20190604; US 2019322364 A1 20191024; US 11358712 B2 20220614; NZ 752614 A 20200731; AU 2021202178 B2 20230608; AU 2021202178 A1 20210506; CN 114872890 A 20220809; US 2023025665 A1 20230126; WO 2018075412 A1 20180426; EP 3529149 A4 20200617; EP 3529149 A1 20190828; US 2018105267 A1 20180419; US 10364024 B2 20190730 | 25 |
| 27 | Landing pad receptacle for package delivery and receipt (10874240) |
WALMART APOLLO, LLC(US, AR, Bentonville) | MX 2019003456 A 20190909; CA 3036706 A1 20180412; US 2018092484 A1 20180405; US 10874240 B2 20201229; WO 2018067327 A1 20180412 | 25 |
| 28 | EVTOL aircraft using large, variable speed tilt rotors (10351235) |
Karem Aircraft, Inc.(US, CA, Lake Forest) | WO 2018217667 A1 20181129; EP 3630603 A4 20210303; EP 3630603 A1 20200408; US 2018334251 A1 20181122; US 10351235 B2 20190716; US 11066159 B2 20210720; US 2019100304 A1 20190404; CN 110650889 A 20200103; KR 20190133799 A 20191203; BR 112019024551 A2 20200609; JP 6955280 B2 20211027; JP 2020520854 A 20200716; US 2020354053 A1 20201112; JP 2021119080 A 20210812; US 2022048619 A1 20220217; KR 102483971 B1 20230102; KR 20220075239 A 20220607; KR 20230005442 A 20230109; JP 2023101764 A 20230721 | 24 |
| 29 | Obstacle avoidance system based on embedded stereo vision for unmanned aerial vehicles (10776939) |
AltumView Systems Inc.(CA, Port Moody, BC) | US 10776939 B2 20200915; US 2019304120 A1 20191003; CN 109144095 A 20190104; CN 109144095 B 20211123 | 24 |
| 30 | Flight control using computer vision (10514711) |
Airspace Systems, Inc.(US, CA, San Leandro) | US 2019025858 A1 20190124; US 10514711 B2 20191224 | 23 |