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AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV)

Nasdaq: AVAV · Aircraft · Arlington, VA · filing with the SEC since 2006
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

411 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to AeroVironment, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
411
386 utility, 24 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
28
Against 32 in 2024 and 31 in 2023
Applications published
389
26 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Transport82
Control13
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy9
Computer technology7
Digital communication6
Engines, pumps, turbines5
Other special machines4
Mechanical elements4
Audio-visual technology3
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
AeroVironment, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
408 granted
155 published
AeroVironment, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
230 published
ARCTURUS UAV LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
4 published
Names not counted (1)
AeroVironment Inc
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,513,734Dynamic transmission control for a wireless networkDigital communicationAeroVironment, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,904System and method for solar cell array communicationElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyAeroVironment, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,497,156D-truss wing structure for an unmanned aerial vehicleTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Nov 25, 202512,479,600Ground support equipment for a high altitude long endurance aircraftTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,468,298Safety system for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicleTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Oct 7, 202512,437,898Systems and devices for an RF signal carrying cable of a multi-pack launcher systemTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Oct 7, 202512,434,822Method of assemblying and operating an autorotating payload delivery deviceTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Oct 7, 202512,434,548Methods of climb and glide operations of a high altitude long endurance aircraftTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Sep 30, 202512,430,958Systems and methods for distributed control computing for a high altitude long endurance aircraftComputer technologyAeroVironment, Inc.
Aug 5, 202512,379,188Interactive weapon targeting system displaying remote sensed image of target areaOther special machinesAeroVironment, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0388350FUSELAGE SPINE WITH MODULAR SECTIONS AND AERO SHELLTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0388314SLIDE ON WINGS AND SERVO CONTROLTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0378721Systems And Methods For Distributed Control Computing For A High Altitude Long Endurance AircraftComputer technologyAeroVironment, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0353621VTOL PROPELLER ADAPTER AND METHODTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Nov 6, 20252025/0340287EXTRUDED WING PROTECTION SYSTEM AND DEVICETransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0335343SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DEPOT MANAGEMENTComputer technologyAeroVironment, Inc.
Oct 9, 20252025/0313356SYSTEM FOR DETACHABLY COUPLING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITHIN A LAUNCH TUBETransportAeroVironment, Inc.
Aug 14, 20252025/0256869Off-Center Parachute Flight Termination System Including Latch Mechanism Disconnectable by Burn WireTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
May 29, 20252025/0173372Methods and Systems for Cloud-Based Management of Images Captured by Aerial VehiclesTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
May 29, 20252025/0172395SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESTransportAeroVironment, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 38 · Control 6 · Computer technology 4 · Digital communication 2 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 2 · Mechanical elements 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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