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Joseph Roop — 16 Patents

KHKitty Hawk: 16 patents #10 of 87Top 15%
Sunnyvale, CA: #1,693 of 14,302 inventorsTop 15%
California: #37,952 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Joseph Roop has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Kitty Hawk. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in February 2025. Joseph Roop ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Joseph Roop in Sunnyvale, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2019.peak 62017: 1 patents20172019: 6 patents20192020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents20212022: 2 patents20222024: 2 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12222717 Automated aircraft recovery system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind 2025-02-11
11947352 Automated aircraft recovery system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind 2024-04-02
11919650 Multimodal aircraft recovery system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind 2024-03-05
11459113 Multimodal aircraft recovery system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind 2022-10-04
11256253 Automated aircraft recovery system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind 2022-02-22
10981657 Multi-rocket parachute deployment system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind 2021-04-20
10967952 Aircraft hand controller with decoupled throttle 2021-04-06
10710706 Self-adjusting system for aircraft control Todd Reichert, Zachais Vawter, Mark Johnson Cutler 2020-07-14
10669018 Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors Aldo Daniele Longhi, Todd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Christopher Scott Saunders, Zachais Vawter 2020-06-02
10435162 Multi-rocket parachute deployment system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind 2019-10-08
10399673 Integrated float-wing 2019-09-03
10301009 Aircraft hand controller with decoupled throttle 2019-05-28
10287001 Self-adjusting system for aircraft control Todd Reichert, Zachais Vawter, Mark Johnson Cutler 2019-05-14
10276057 Negative buoyancy tethered training system Cameron Robertson, Todd Reichert 2019-04-30
10183747 Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors Aldo Daniele Longhi, Todd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Christopher Scott Saunders, Zachais Vawter 2019-01-22
9821906 Elongated nose structure to provide stability during boarding 2017-11-21