| 9514269 |
Determining expected failure modes of balloons within a balloon network |
Keith Allen Bonawitz, Joshua Weaver |
2016-12-06 |
$12,530,000 |
| 9511844 |
Solar Montgolfier balloon with a fuel cell |
— |
2016-12-06 |
$12,530,000 |
| 9484625 |
Dynamically adjusting width of beam based on altitude |
Cyrus Behroozi, Eric Teller |
2016-11-01 |
$16,206,000 |
| 9463863 |
Superpressure balloon with ballonet cut from contiguous gores |
Kevin Roach |
2016-10-11 |
$20,374,000 |
| 9407362 |
Balloon network with free-space optical communication between super-node balloons and RF communication between super-node and sub-node balloons |
Eric Teller, Clifford L. Biffle, Josh Weaver |
2016-08-02 |
$22,951,000 |
| 9353033 |
Airborne rigid kite with on-board power plant for ship propulsion |
Damon Vander Lind, Thomas Van Alsenoy |
2016-05-31 |
$17,733,000 |
| 9340272 |
Altitude control via adjustment to mass of air in bladder within lift-gas filled envelope |
Clifford L. Biffle |
2016-05-17 |
$20,909,000 |
| 9329600 |
Balloon power sources with a buoyancy trade-off |
Eric Teller, Clifford L. Biffle, Joshua Weaver |
2016-05-03 |
$19,954,000 |
| 9321517 |
Methods and systems for altitude control of balloons to improve wind data |
— |
2016-04-26 |
$15,164,000 |
| 9319905 |
Re-tasking balloons in a balloon network based on expected failure modes of balloons |
Keith Allen Bonawitz, Joshua Weaver |
2016-04-19 |
$18,441,000 |
| 9306668 |
Using predicted movement to maintain optical-communication lock with nearby balloon |
Eric Teller, Clifford L. Biffle, Josh Weaver |
2016-04-05 |
$19,076,000 |
| 9306271 |
Integration of antenna structures into balloon envelopes |
Cliff L. Biffle, Joshua Weaver, Anton Valdemar Staaf, Eric Teller, Michael Cassidy |
2016-04-05 |
$19,076,000 |
| 9300481 |
Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between balloon network and terrestrial network |
Eric Teller, Clifford L. Biffle, Joshua Weaver, Anton Valdemar Staaf |
2016-03-29 |
$19,694,000 |
| 9290258 |
Hot air balloon with solar collector and heat-engine-driven fuel cell |
— |
2016-03-22 |
$19,530,000 |
| 9285450 |
Balloon-based positioning system and method |
Waleed Kadous, Eric Teller, Cliff L. Biffle, Edward Keyes |
2016-03-15 |
$17,367,000 |
| 9281554 |
Balloon with pressure mechanism to passively steer antenna |
Cyrus Behroozi, Eric Teller |
2016-03-08 |
$21,283,000 |
| 9282431 |
Location-aware caching in a balloon network |
Eric Teller, Clifford L. Biffle, Josh Weaver |
2016-03-08 |
$21,283,000 |
| 9281896 |
Location-aware profiles in a balloon network |
Eric Teller, Clifford L. Biffle, Josh Weaver |
2016-03-08 |
$21,283,000 |
| 9266598 |
Reactionary mass balloon envelope for a balloon and other balloon components |
— |
2016-02-23 |
$16,485,000 |
| 9248910 |
Airborne rigid kite with on-board power plant for ship propulsion |
Damon Vander Lind, Thomas Van Alsenoy |
2016-02-02 |
$17,612,000 |
| 9233746 |
Altitude control via rotation of balloon to adjust balloon density |
Eric Teller, Clifford L. Biffle, Josh Weaver |
2016-01-12 |
$24,447,000 |
| 9227168 |
Wind-powered vessel for removal of carbon dioxide from seawater |
Damon Vander Lind |
2016-01-05 |
$26,489,000 |
