CPC technology class · B60

B60V - Air-cushion Vehicles

Air-cushion vehicles. 71 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

71
US patents granted: #19/19
in B60: 0.0%
B60 class share: -12%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Air-cushion Vehicles ranks #632 of 670 CPC technology areas - 71 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 12% over five years.

#632
of 670 CPC technology areas: 71
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Goodrich
leading assignee (7): -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B60V's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B60V recorded 30 grants versus 34 in 2015–2019 (-12% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2018 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 5 (+140% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Regent Craft, Inc. holds 7.0% of the class ; the top three share 14.1%.

Leaderboard read

B60V concentration, lead at 7.0%

Regent Craft, Inc. leads this historical grant record at 7.0% of B60V - us corporation assignees hold 83% of class grants (15 of 18). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 7.0%
Top three share: 14.1%
Lead over #2: 2

Where B60V sits inside B60

Among 19 subclasses in B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60V ranks #19 and holds 0.0% of the parent class's 247,467 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

B60R 42,931 B60W 39,530 B60K 34,645 B60L 29,944 B60Y 14,131 B60Q 13,530 B60N 13,335 B60T 11,759

Rising assignees active in B60V

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 Regent Craft, Inc. 2.00x 0 → 2 company-wide · 5 in B60V

B60V grants by year, peak 2018 (12)

US utility-patent grants per year in B60V, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 12% versus 2015–2019.

Regent Craft

5
Qfo Labs

3
Textron Systems

2
Lta

2
Game Changers

1
Avx Aircraft

1
Karem Aircraft

1
Acsl

1
K-marine

1
Njs

1

What this shows Goodrich is the most active filer in B60V, holding 7 of the 71 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass B60V
Rank	Company	Patents in B60V
#1	Regent Craft, Inc.	5
#2	QFO Labs, Inc.	3
#3	Textron Systems Corporation	2
#4	LTA Corporation	2
#5	Game Changers, LLC	1
#6	AVX Aircraft Company	1
#7	Karem Aircraft, Inc.	1
#8	Acsl Ltd.	1
#9	K-marine Co., Ltd.	1
#10	NJS Co., Ltd.	1

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B60V assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 10 B60V assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B60V. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Questions about B60V

Which company holds the most patents in B60V?

Goodrich Corporation leads B60V with 7 patents (7.0% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 83% of class grants.

Which B60V assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B60V, Regent Craft, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (2.00x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 2 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does B60V compare inside parent class B60?

Inside B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60V ranks #19 of 19 subclasses by grant volume and holds 0.0% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is B60R (42,931 grants).

What to do with this data

B60V in context - here's where to go next.

Regent Craft, Inc. leads B60V with 5 grants in this class. See full portfolio
B60V ranks #632 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class B60, the largest sibling subclass is B60R with 42,931 grants. Explore B60R

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - B60V figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (71 grants in the tracked window).

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