Granted Patent
Utility
US 4,901,949 · App. 07/167,189
Rocket-powered, air-deployed, lift-assisted booster vehicle for orbital, supraorbital and suborbital flight
Inventor:
Antonio L. Elias
Patented Case
View Patent ↗
Granted: Feb 20, 1990
Filed: Mar 11, 1988
Inventor
Antonio L. Elias
Assignee (at issue)
Orbital Sciences Corporation
This patent predates the USPTO's electronic file wrapper — prosecution documents from this era exist only in the Patent Office's paper records. A certified copy of the file history can be ordered from the USPTO's paper archives.