A63B 31/00
Swimming aids
Official title: Swimming aids (teaching swimming A63B69/10 - A63B69/14; life-saving in water {, e.g. life-buoys, life-belts,} B63C9/00)
A63B31/00 (Swimming aids) appears on 651 US grants and 476 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 651
- Published applications
- 476
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 806
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 7 |
| 2002 | 20 | 14 |
| 2003 | 16 | 8 |
| 2004 | 13 | 16 |
| 2005 | 18 | 26 |
| 2006 | 20 | 7 |
| 2007 | 10 | 19 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15 |
| 2009 | 12 | 13 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 20 |
| 2012 | 10 | 21 |
| 2013 | 11 | 19 |
| 2014 | 13 | 15 |
| 2015 | 25 | 37 |
| 2016 | 29 | 28 |
| 2017 | 27 | 28 |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 |
| 2019 | 20 | 26 |
| 2020 | 26 | 32 |
| 2021 | 29 | 21 |
| 2022 | 12 | 15 |
| 2023 | 5 | 14 |
| 2024 | 13 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pivotable swim fin device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,409 B2
- Aquatic sock and method of manufacturing same15 Sep 2026US 12,734,410 B1Glenn Schulman
- Fin and fin blade8 Sep 2026US 12,728,318 B2Sunny Industrial Engineering Co., Ltd
- Device for learning and training the underwater dolphin kick and methods10 Feb 2026US 12,544,627 B2Primis, LLC
- Swimming aid training device20 Jan 2026US 12,527,992 B1King Saud University
- Diving fin flipper mounting mechanism25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175085 A1Tien fu Trading co., Ltd
- Device for learning and training the underwater dolphin kick and methods14 May 2026US 2026/0131201 A1Primis, LLC
- Amphibious exoskeleton propulsion footwear14 May 2026US 2026/0131202 A1
- Fluid Inflatable Member26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084013 A1Sciencey Products Inc.
- Swimming aid with swim tunnel12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069926 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for real-time data quantification, acquisition, analysis, and feedback68US 9,773,330 B1BioMech Sensor LLC · 2017
- Swim fin60US 5,304,081 ATabata Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Athletic activities counter57US 4,700,369 A1987
- High efficiency hydrofoil and swim fin designs56US 5,746,631 A1998
- Aquatic exercise assembly55US 4,411,422 A1983