Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
154 patents granted to the 4 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 Joby Aviation, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
154
153 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
44
Against 34 in 2024 and 34 in 2023
Applications published
203
58 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
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
Transport83
Control30
IT methods for management8
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy7
Computer technology6
Digital communication3
Measurement3
Mechanical elements1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Joby Aero, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
195 publishedJoby Aero, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
151 granted
0 publishedJOBY AVIATION, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
8 publishedJoby Aviation, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,497,185 | Managing cooling airflow using variable-geometry openings | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,497,158 | VTOL aircraft with dual propellers and directional clutch | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,497,157 | Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,492,020 | Electric autonomous aircraft | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,486,019 | Three-dimensional extension linkage for aircraft | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,486,016 | High efficiency air intake system and aircraft using same | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,462,697 | Traffic pattern control of UAVS and automated downwind extensions | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,459,666 | Sidestripe identification, estimation and characterization for arbitrary runways | Computer technology | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,459,658 | Aircraft electric motor cooling system | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 12,454,374 | Aircraft energy management control system | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375892 | System and Method for Robotic Charging Aircraft | Transport | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0363581 | Systems and Methods for Generating Flight Plans Used by a Ride Sharing Network | IT methods for management | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0356767 | DETECTING AND AVOIDING CONFLICTS BETWEEN AIRCRAFT | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0349216 | Dynamic Aircraft Routing | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0348808 | Systems and Methods for Simulating Aircraft Systems | IT methods for management | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0348800 | Systems and Methods for Seamless Feedback Between Aviation Services and Multimodal Transportation Services | IT methods for management | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2025/0341838 | Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Engine Torque Control System | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2025/0336300 | Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Ground Control Station | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0322755 | Cloud Service Integration with Onboard Vehicle System | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0321579 | Vehicle Autonomy Architecture | Control | Joby Aero, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 46 · Control 27 · IT methods for management 10 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 8 · Computer technology 2 · Digital communication 2.
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.