B63B 22/02
Buoys: specially adapted for mooring a vessel
Official title: specially adapted for mooring a vessel
B63B22/02 (Buoys: specially adapted for mooring a vessel) appears on 538 US grants and 297 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 297
- Assignees
- 234
- Inventors
- 754
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 11 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Nearshore logistics anchorage hub16 Jun 2026US 12,654,811 B2Seatrium New Energy Limited
- Systems and processes for recovering a condensate from a conduit16 Jun 2026US 12,654,812 B2Modec America, Inc.
- Mooring renewable energy systems26 May 2026US 12,637,179 B2Acergy France SAS
- Systems for transferring a fluid to and/or from a vessel and processes for using same19 May 2026US 12,630,414 B2Modes America, Inc.
- Transfer system for transferring a medium between facilities14 Apr 2026US 12,600,440 B2Econnect Energy AS
- Marine terminals and processes for using same23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208827 A1Sofec, Inc.
- Disconnectable medium transfer system for a vessel and vessel provided therewith23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208828 A1Bluewater Energy Services B.V.
- Systems for transferring fluid across a boundary and processes for using same2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185642 A1Sofec, Inc.
- Offshore platform allowing carbon neutral fuel to be produced, stored and supplied, overcoming intermittency of renewable energy18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167307 A1Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Mooring systems and processes for using same9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097828 A1Sofec, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Vessel mooring system88US 4,604,961 AExxon Production Research Company · 1986
- Subsea riser and flotation means therefor68US 4,176,986 AExxon Production Research Company · 1979
- Method and system for offshore production of liquefied natural gas68US 6,003,603 ADen Norske Stats Ol jesel skap A.S. · 1999