B63B 19/12
Hatches
Official title: Hatches; Hatchways (hatch coamings B63B3/54)
B63B19/12 (Hatches) appears on 237 US grants and 159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 237
- Published applications
- 159
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 412
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9 |
| 2005 | 10 | 5 |
| 2006 | 11 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 9 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 10 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Temporary barge or boat hatch insert for facilitating void space14 Jul 2026US 12,679,506 B2Dow Solutions, LLC.
- Personal watercraft10 Mar 2026US 12,570,374 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Drain mechanism for watercraft12 Aug 2025US 12,384,493 B2Hobie Cat IP, LLC
- Sliding cover assembly for a vehicle, in particular for a waterborne vehicle3 Jun 2025US 12,320,175 B2Webasto SE
- Simple shelter for flood evacuation11 Mar 2025US 12,246,807 B2Nihon Taishin Sekkei Co., Ltd.
- A ship and a method of loading and unloading a ship14 May 2026US 2026/0131872 A1Omt Naval Aps
- Nautical hatch7 May 2026US 2026/0125135 A1
- Stowable seating for a boat30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116507 A1MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
- Hatch mechanism26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085563 A1The Gatemaster Corporation
- Drain mechanism for watercraft6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340270 A1Hobie Cat IP, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Slam latch and hatch assembly including a slam latch65US 6,460,902 B1Pompanette, Inc. · 2002
- Modular polymer matrix composite support structure and methods of constructing same49US 5,794,402 AMartin Marietta Materials, Inc. · 1998
- Hatch with improved latch and hinge assembly41US 5,231,948 ATempress Incorporated · 1993
- Hatch with releasable hinge assembly40US 4,846,089 ATempress Incorporated · 1989
- Closure lock with inflatable bladder35US 4,073,521 A1978