B63B 1/16
Deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces
Official title: deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces
B63B1/16 (Deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces) appears on 1,045 US grants and 785 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 1,045
- Published applications
- 785
- Assignees
- 384
- Inventors
- 1,423
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 5 |
| 2002 | 22 | 21 |
| 2003 | 26 | 18 |
| 2004 | 21 | 23 |
| 2005 | 22 | 35 |
| 2006 | 22 | 21 |
| 2007 | 26 | 23 |
| 2008 | 11 | 23 |
| 2009 | 8 | 22 |
| 2010 | 25 | 12 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 |
| 2012 | 9 | 17 |
| 2013 | 8 | 23 |
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| 2018 | 28 | 28 |
| 2019 | 35 | 32 |
| 2020 | 42 | 39 |
| 2021 | 41 | 50 |
| 2022 | 38 | 67 |
| 2023 | 44 | 48 |
| 2024 | 41 | 43 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 |
| 2026 | 26 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Unmanned trans-surface vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,747,002 B2Carillon Technologies Management Corporation
- Foldable hydrofoil for boats8 Sep 2026US 12,728,953 B2Caponnetto Hueber S.L.
- Control system for a hydrofoil watercraft with fully submerged hydrofoil8 Sep 2026US 12,728,962 B2Level Hydrofoils Ltd.
- Retractable lift-propulsion system for a watercraft and watercraft having same18 Aug 2026US 12,709,357 B2Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
- Hydrofoil takeoff and landing with multiple hydrofoils18 Aug 2026US 12,709,389 B2REGENT Craft Inc.
- Hydrofoil watercraft with arcuate retractable strut system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274375 A1
- Hydrofoil comprising a retractable foil assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264810 A1Seabubbles
- Pontoon Mounting of Rotary Blade and Attitude Control for Multi-Hull Vessels3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257765 A1Seakeeper, Inc.
- Autonomous roaming offshore wind turbine27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249962 A1Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
- Autonomous navigation ship27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249966 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Boat activated wake enhancement method and system176US 6,105,527 ALight Wave, Ltd. · 2000
- Boat activated wave generator129US 5,860,766 ALight Wave, Ltd. · 1999
- Boat hull with configurable planing surface108US 6,138,601 ABrunswick Corporation · 2000
- Boat activated wave generator105US 5,664,910 ALight Wave, Ltd. · 1997
- Adaptive control surface using antagonistic shape memory alloy tendons103US 5,662,294 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1997