B63B 2021/505
Methods for installation or mooring of floating offshore platforms on site
Official title: {Methods for installation or mooring of floating offshore platforms on site}
B63B2021/505 (Methods for installation or mooring of floating offshore platforms on site) appears on 169 US grants and 173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 169
- Published applications
- 173
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 364
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Anchor systems and methods16 Jun 2026US 12,654,809 B2Mhwirth AS
- Mooring systems for fixed marine structures14 Apr 2026US 12,600,436 B2Entrion Wind, Inc.
- Buoyant rotatable marine transducer31 Mar 2026US 12,589,837 B2Dublin Offshore Consultants Ltd
- Disconnectable mooring system11 Nov 2025US 12,466,519 B2Encomara Limited
- Moorings for offshore installations6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225689 A1Subsea 7 Limited
- Shared floating wind turbine foundation array with angle-adjustable elastic moorings9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192889 A1Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
- Mooring system status monitoring for floating offshore wind turbine9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192890 A1
- Hybrid Mooring System30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116503 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- Modular floating lift systems with gravity based systems23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110149 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mooring apparatus and method of installation for deep water tension leg platform43US 4,784,529 AConoco Inc. · 1988
- Subsea structure and method for installing the structure and recovering the structure from the sea floor40US 3,987,638 AExxon Production Research Company · 1976
- Method and apparatus for conversion of semi-submersible platform to tension leg platform for conducting offshore well operations37US 4,516,882 AFluor Subsea Services, Inc. · 1985
- Mooring system for tension leg platform34US 4,226,555 AConoco Inc. · 1980
- Means and methods for anchoring an offshore tension leg platform30US 3,934,528 AChevron Oil Field Research Co. · 1976