B63B 2021/006
Suction cups, or the like
Official title: {Suction cups, or the like, e.g. for mooring, or for towing or pushing}
B63B2021/006 (Suction cups, or the like) appears on 28 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 28
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 50
- Latest grant
- 23 Sep 2025
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| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Vacuum operated boat mooring device34US 5,676,085 ANorthern Pacific Development Corp. · 1997
- Vacuum actuated ship mooring devices32US 3,974,794 AIshikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1976
- Mooring system with active control16US 7,293,519 B2Cavotec MSL Holdings Limited · 2007
- Temporary mooring device for small marine vessels and methods of use15US 9,199,696 B12015
- Apparatus for anchoring for a flotation device12US 5,613,457 ABar&Cal Corp. · 1997