Patent Theme
Airspace & Drone Traffic Management
Systems and methods for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing the movement of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other aircraft, including real-time connectivity, flight planning, and route modification.
10,200 US filings from 2,041 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,592 · 2024: 3,257 · 2025: 3,022 · 2026 YTD: 1,329
Aircraft EquipmentTraffic Control SystemsWireless Networks
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | The Boeing Company | 418 | 68 | 144 | 148 | 58 | +2.8% |
| 2 | Honeywell International Inc. | 397 | 106 | 114 | 109 | 68 | -4.4% |
| 3 | Skydio, Inc. | 315 | 64 | 76 | 106 | 69 | +39.5% |
| 4 | SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 237 | 70 | 84 | 64 | 19 | -23.8% |
| 5 | Wing Aviation LLC | 225 | 42 | 70 | 72 | 41 | +2.9% |
| 6 | AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD. | 133 | 22 | 65 | 32 | 14 | -50.8% |
| 7 | AeroVironment, Inc. | 128 | 28 | 44 | 37 | 19 | -15.9% |
| 8 | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | 127 | 34 | 37 | 42 | 14 | +13.5% |
| 9 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 124 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 11 | -20.0% |
| 10 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 111 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 14 | +61.3% |
| 11 | Hyundai Motor Company | 108 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 11 | -28.9% |
| 12 | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 105 | 30 | 36 | 28 | 11 | -22.2% |
| 13 | Kia Corporation | 98 | 25 | 35 | 27 | 11 | -22.9% |
| 14 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 96 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 12 | +10.7% |
| 15 | NEC CORPORATION | 89 | 20 | 31 | 29 | 9 | -6.5% |
| 16 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 85 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Rakuten Group, Inc. | 84 | 20 | 33 | 20 | 11 | -39.4% |
| 18 | JOBY AERO, INC. | 83 | 12 | 26 | 35 | 10 | +34.6% |
| 19 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 81 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 10 | -31.8% |
| 20 | THALES | 79 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 11 | +4.3% |
| 21 | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | 72 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 5 | -39.1% |
| 22 | BETA AIR, LLC | 72 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 4 | -15.4% |
| 23 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 65 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 11 | -37.5% |
| 24 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 64 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 25 | International Business Machines Corporation | 61 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 6 | -20.0% |