B63B 22/00
Buoys
Official title: Buoys ({floating decoys, e.g. for waterfowl A01M31/06;} means for indicating the location of underwater objects B63C7/26; life-buoys, e.g. rings B63C9/08; {mountings of acoustic transducer in underwater equipment, e.g. sonobuoys G10K11/006; electric cables supported on or from floats H02G9/12})
B63B22/00 (Buoys) appears on 1,537 US grants and 1,084 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 1,537
- Published applications
- 1,084
- Assignees
- 688
- Inventors
- 2,814
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 35 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 32 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 36 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 24 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 32 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 2 |
| 2002 | 19 | 17 |
| 2003 | 22 | 14 |
| 2004 | 23 | 35 |
| 2005 | 16 | 28 |
| 2006 | 23 | 17 |
| 2007 | 24 | 26 |
| 2008 | 13 | 30 |
| 2009 | 13 | 27 |
| 2010 | 22 | 32 |
| 2011 | 24 | 36 |
| 2012 | 27 | 40 |
| 2013 | 37 | 41 |
| 2014 | 36 | 52 |
| 2015 | 43 | 57 |
| 2016 | 63 | 74 |
| 2017 | 59 | 53 |
| 2018 | 53 | 53 |
| 2019 | 56 | 53 |
| 2020 | 58 | 67 |
| 2021 | 49 | 54 |
| 2022 | 52 | 67 |
| 2023 | 47 | 48 |
| 2024 | 48 | 66 |
| 2025 | 63 | 62 |
| 2026 | 43 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63B 22/02Buoys: specially adapted for mooring a vessel538
- B63B 22/18Buoys: having means to control attitude or position326
- B63B 22/04Fixations or other anchoring arrangements282
- B63B 2022/006Buoys: specially adapted for measuring or watch purposesIndexing code155
- B63B 22/003Buoys: adapted for being launched from an aircraft or water vehicle152
- B63B 22/16Buoys: specially adapted for marking a navigational route131
- B63B 22/24Container type, i.e. having provision for the storage of material128
- B63B 22/22Inflatable buoys with gas generating means48
Recent patents
- Waterway sensor15 Sep 2026US 12,735,158 B2
- Submersible device for underwater sonar imagery15 Sep 2026US 12,736,669 B2Navico Group Americas, LLC
- Adjustable depth data buoy8 Sep 2026US 12,728,961 B2In-Situ, Inc.
- Deploying a rigid inflatable structure8 Sep 2026US 12,729,988 B2Boston Engineering Corporation
- Remote launcher for unmanned water-based deployables1 Sep 2026US 12,722,745 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Floating platform, in particular for an offshore wind turbine, having improved stability1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296602 A1Coffratherm
- Water buoy data system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298630 A1
- Last known position marker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285453 A1
- Water buoy data system to stabilize an off-shore vessel24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287347 A1
- Water buoy data system to transfer shoaling status10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266606 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Selected direction lighting device131US 6,030,099 A2000
- Wave driven power generation system107US 4,781,023 ASea Energy Corporation · 1988
- Mooring buoy with hawser tension indicator system106US 5,284,452 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1994
- Wireless underwater video system89US 6,525,762 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2003
- Rescue device89US 6,552,652 B2Synergy Microsystems, Inc. · 2003