Patents by Inventor Anthony L. Genova

Anthony L. Genova has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for transferring a spacecraft from geosynchronous transfer orbit to lunar orbit
    Patent number: 10696423
    Abstract: Method for placing a spacecraft into a lunar orbit, either by standard (i.e., impulsive) or ballistic (i.e., non-impulsive) capture, from an Earth orbit that is significantly inclined relative to the lunar orbit plane, with no constraint on the local time of perigee for the starting orbit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Anthony L. Genova, Scott Mitchell