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Christopher Scott Saunders — 25 Patents

KHKitty Hawk: 22 patents #6 of 87Top 7%
IAIntersil Americas: 3 patents #183 of 468Top 40%
San Jose, CA: #2,531 of 32,062 inventorsTop 8%
California: #22,079 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Christopher Scott Saunders has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Kitty Hawk. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in March 2025. Christopher Scott Saunders ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Christopher Scott Saunders in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2020.peak 62011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122015: 1 patents20152019: 5 patents20192020: 6 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents20222023: 4 patents20232024: 3 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12252239 Attachment sub-systems for vertically-stacked multicopters Benjamin Otto Berry, Graham Bowen-Davies, Madeline Elliott Parker, Cameron Robertson 2025-03-18
12157560 Propeller impact detection and force reduction 2024-12-03
12110124 Health based actuator allocation Mark Johnson Cutler 2024-10-08
11939046 Attachment sub-systems for vertically-stacked multicopters Benjamin Otto Berry, Graham Bowen-Davies, Madeline Elliott Parker, Cameron Robertson 2024-03-26
11834188 Health based actuator allocation Mark Johnson Cutler 2023-12-05
11827343 Propeller impact detection and force reduction 2023-11-28
11708172 Reactionless free-spinning motor with dual propellers Sebastian Thrun, Benjamin Otto Berry 2023-07-25
11642972 Flexible battery system for a vehicle Joseph Orender, Derek Nathan Wong 2023-05-09
11459096 Propeller impact detection and force reduction 2022-10-04
11407521 Health based actuator allocation Mark Johnson Cutler 2022-08-09
11111030 Reactionless free-spinning motor with dual propellers Sebastian Thrun, Benjamin Otto Berry 2021-09-07
10814964 Propeller impact detection and force reduction 2020-10-27
10723235 Flexible battery system for a vehicle Joseph Orender, Derek Nathan Wong 2020-07-28
10712443 Nonlinear intermodulation distance determination system 2020-07-14
10704968 Thrust limiter for boom-mounted rotor Joshua Gordonson 2020-07-07
10669018 Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors Aldo Daniele Longhi, Todd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Joseph Roop, Zachais Vawter 2020-06-02
10556704 Health based actuator allocation Mark Johnson Cutler 2020-02-11
10509123 Nonlinear intermodulation distance determination system 2019-12-17
10507908 Propeller impact detection and force reduction 2019-12-17
10444093 Thrust limiter for boom-mounted rotor Joshua Gordonson 2019-10-15
10246183 Propeller impact detection and force reduction 2019-04-02
10183747 Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors Aldo Daniele Longhi, Todd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Joseph Roop, Zachais Vawter 2019-01-22
RE45773 Varying operation of a voltage regulator, and components thereof, based upon load conditions Michael Jason Houston 2015-10-20
8125207 Varying operation of a voltage regulator, and components thereof, based upon load conditions Michael Jason Houston 2012-02-28 $9,483,000
7898236 Varying operation of a voltage regulator, and components thereof, based upon load conditions Michael Jason Houston 2011-03-01 $5,734,000