Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
29 patents granted to the 9 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 Ducommun Incorporated’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
29
25 utility, 4 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
11
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
9
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
Thermal processes and apparatus2
Mechanical elements1
Transport1
Other special machines1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Composite Structures, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedBLR Aerospace, L.L.C. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedDUCOMMUN AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedMagnetic Seal LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedBLR AeroSpace, L.L.C. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 publishedDucommun Aerostructures, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 publishedLightning Diversion Systems a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedDucommun Incorporated its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedNobles Worldwide, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jul 30, 2024 | 12,050,077 | Linkless ammunition handling system | Other special machines | Nobles Worldwide, Inc. |
| Jul 18, 2023 | 11,703,281 | Vacuum forming method | Thermal processes and apparatus | DUCOMMUN AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. |
| Sep 20, 2022 | 11,447,243 | Helicopter with anti-torque system, related kit and methods | Transport | BLR Aerospace, L.L.C. |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 11,441,685 | Rotary face seal with magnetic puller loading | Mechanical elements | Magnetic Seal LLC |
| Jun 14, 2022 | 11,359,863 | Vacuum forming method | Thermal processes and apparatus | DUCOMMUN AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. |
| Jun 9, 2020 | 10,677,529 | Vacuum forming method | Thermal processes and apparatus | DUCOMMUN AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. |
| May 7, 2019 | 10,279,899 | Helicopter with anti-torque system, related kit and methods | Transport | BLR Aerospace, L.L.C. |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 8,991,747 | Aircraft stabilization systems and methods of modifying an aircraft with the same | Transport | BLR Aerospace, L.L.C. |
| Mar 24, 2015 | 8,985,503 | Aircraft stabilization systems and methods of modifying an aircraft with the same | Transport | BLR Aerospace, L.L.C. |
| Feb 19, 2013 | 8,376,265 | Aircraft stabilizer system and methods of using the same | Transport | BLR Aerospace, L.L.C. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Oct 6, 2022 | 2022/0316802 | Vacuum Forming Method | Thermal processes and apparatus | Ducommun Aerostructures, Inc. · patent 11,703,281 granted from it |
| Sep 24, 2020 | 2020/0300546 | Vacuum Forming Method | Thermal processes and apparatus | Ducommun Aerostructures, Inc. · patent 11,359,863 granted from it |
| Jul 25, 2019 | 2019/0225331 | HELICOPTER WITH ANTI-TORQUE SYSTEM, RELATED KIT AND METHODS | Transport | BLR AeroSpace, L.L.C. · patent 11,447,243 granted from it |
| Nov 29, 2018 | 2018/0340614 | ROTARY FACE SEAL WITH MAGNETIC PULLER LOADING WITH BAND MAGNET ON SEAL CASE | Mechanical elements | Magnetic Seal LLC |
| Jan 18, 2018 | 2018/0017167 | ROTARY FACE SEAL WITH MAGNETIC PULLER LOADING | Mechanical elements | Magnetic Seal LLC · patent 11,441,685 granted from it |
| Jan 18, 2018 | 2018/0017166 | ROTARY FACE SEAL WITH MAGNETIC REPELLING LOADING | Mechanical elements | Magnetic Seal LLC |
| Dec 21, 2017 | 2017/0363355 | Vacuum Forming Method | Thermal processes and apparatus | Ducommun Aerostructures, Inc. · patent 10,677,529 granted from it |
| Jan 5, 2017 | 2017/0001722 | HELICOPTER WITH ANTI-TORQUE SYSTEM, RELATED KIT AND METHODS | Transport | BLR AeroSpace, L.L.C. · patent 10,279,899 granted from it |
| Oct 30, 2014 | 2014/0317900 | AIRCRAFT STABILIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MODIFYING AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE SAME | Transport | BLR Aerospace, L.L.C. · patent 8,985,503 granted from it |
| Jun 19, 2014 | 2014/0166804 | AIRCRAFT STABILIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MODIFYING AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE SAME | Transport | BLR AeroSpace, L.L.C. · patent 8,991,747 granted from it |
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.