B63B 21/663
Fairings
Official title: {Fairings}
B63B21/663 (Fairings) appears on 130 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 130
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 211
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 13 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for measuring shape of underwater tow cables14 Jul 2026US 12,680,811 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Reinforced fairing apparatus and method for hydrodynamic drag and vibration reduction3 Mar 2026US 12,565,292 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Fishing camera23 Dec 2025US 12,504,673 B2
- Control system and method of controlling towed marine object30 Sep 2025US 12,426,581 B2Karmøy Winch AS
- Detecting objects submerged in a body of water or at least partly buried in a bed of the body of water1 Jul 2025US 12,345,846 B2Fugro N.V.
- Towed submarine device27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360986 A1
- Fishing camera2 Jan 2025US 2025/0004353 A1Fairpoint Outdoors A/S
- V-Shaped Frontal Fairing31 Oct 2024US 2024/0360853 A1
- Trawl door with moveable hydrofoil sections9 May 2024US 2024/0149984 A1Thyborøn Skibssmedie A/S
- Planer board accessory29 Sep 2022US 2022/0304292 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Riser pipe fairing84US 4,474,129 AW. R. Grace & Co. · 1984
- Copper protected fairings40US 6,067,922 AShell Oil Company · 2000
- Small fixed teardrop fairings for vortex induced vibration suppression39US 5,410,979 AShell Oil Company · 1995
- Systems and methods for steering seismic arrays39US 7,577,060 B2WesternGeco L. L. C. · 2009
- Bi-planar pontoon paravane seismic source system38US 4,719,987 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1988