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Stephen B. Heppe
Also filed as: HEPPE STEPHEN · HEPPE STEPHEN B
25 granted patents·10 pending applications·545 citations·filing 1985–2020
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35 records- 0197US9139279B2Systems and methods for long endurance airship operationsHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 22, 2015·66 cites·42 claims
- 0293US8678309B2Lifting gas replenishment in a tethered airship systemHEPPE STEPHEN·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 25, 2014·19 cites·22 claims
- 0392US8140200B2Turret assemblies for small aerial platforms, including unmanned aircraft, and associated methodsHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 20, 2012·103 cites·43 claims
- 0491US8864063B2Tethered airshipsHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 21, 2014·14 cites·30 claims
- 0591US8668161B2Systems and methods for long endurance stratospheric operationsHEPPE STEPHEN·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 11, 2014·18 cites·21 claims
- 0691US6961018B2Method and apparatus for satellite-based relative positioning of moving platformsINSITU GROUP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 1, 2005·111 cites·18 claims
- 0790US7798445B2Systems and methods for recovering and controlling post-recovery motion of unmanned aircraftINSITU INC·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 21, 2010·82 cites·26 claims
- 0889US10450047B2Durable airship hull and in situ airship hull repairSTRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIPS LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 22, 2019·4 cites·18 claims
- 0988US11203430B2Airship launch from a cargo airship with a payload return vehicleHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 21, 2021·12 cites·5 claims
- 1083US10033537B2Promoting learned discourse in online media with consideration of sources and provenanceHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 24, 2018·4 cites·18 claims
- 1182US6873288B2Enhanced GNSS receiverFiled 2001·Granted Mar 29, 2005·50 cites·10 claims
- 1278US6477359B2Diversity reception for aeronautical packet data communications systemsFiled 2001·Granted Nov 5, 2002·29 cites·16 claims
- 1372US9266596B2Additional systems and methods for long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship systemHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 23, 2016·2 cites·11 claims
- 1471US9611025B2Additional systems and methods for long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship systemHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 4, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 1570US9639841B2Promoting learned discourse in online mediaHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2013·Granted May 2, 2017·1 cites·17 claims
- 1667US9623949B2Systems and methods for long endurance airship operationsHEPPE STEPHEN·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 18, 2017·12 cites·12 claims
- 1766US10494075B2Systems and methods for long endurance airship operationsSTRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIPS LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 3, 2019·2 cites·15 claims
- 1866US9669917B2Airship launch from a cargo airshipHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 6, 2017·1 cites·9 claims
- 1963US9522733B2Airship launch from a cargo airshipHEPPE STEPHEN·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 20, 2016·3 cites·27 claims
- 2061US10686609B2Promoting learned discourse in online media with consideration of sources and provenanceHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 16, 2020·0 cites·6 claims
- 2159US9216806B2Durable airship hull and in situ airship hull repairSTRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIPS LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 22, 2015·0 cites·23 claims
- 2257US10457394B2Airship launch from a cargo airshipSTRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIPS LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 29, 2019·0 cites·17 claims
- 2352US9452816B2Durable airship hull and in situ airship hull repairSTRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIPS LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 27, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 2450US7185261B2Multidimensional turbo product code decoding of encoded data transmitted over diversity channelINSITU GROUP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 27, 2007·5 cites·20 claims
- 2546US2004260996A1External coding for enhanced communications reliabilityFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2639US2003103475A1Two-way timing and calibration methods for time division multiple access radio networksFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 2739US2002003491A1Communication antenna reuse for a GNSS receiverFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 2839US2002045974A1Dual-band radio communications system for aeronautical data communicationsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 2939US2007001900A1Method and apparatus for satellite-based relative positioning of moving platformsHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3038US4654854AMethod and apparatus for decoding threshold-decodable forward-error correcting codesSTANFORD TELECOMM INC·Filed 1985·Granted Mar 31, 1987·6 cites·12 claims
- 3137US2022045864A1Veracity measures for online discourseHEPPE STEPHEN B·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3236US2002004411A1Hybrid radio apparatus for digital communicationsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 3334US2002007234A1Apparatus and method for transitioning from a dual air/ground and ground/ground aeronautical data network architecture to an end-to-end aeronautical data network architectureFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 3434US2002004393A1Out-of-band signaling for aeronautical data communications networks using VHF data link mode 4Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 3534US2002004401A1Method for enhancing the reliability and efficiency of aeronautical data communications networks using synchronization data transmitted by VHF data link mode 4 aircraft stationsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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