B63B 22/023
Submerged when not in use
Official title: {submerged when not in use (container type buoys submerged when not in use, not adapted for mooring a vessel B63B22/28; connected to turret B63B21/508)}
B63B22/023 (Submerged when not in use) appears on 77 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 77
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 136
- Latest grant
- 12 Nov 2024
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Buoy for injecting fluid in a subterranean void and methods for connecting and disconnecting a fluid passage from a vessel to the buoy12 Nov 2024US 12,140,001 B2Horisont Energi AS
- Mooring buoy8 Mar 2022US 11,267,535 B2
- Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields15 Feb 2022US 11,248,421 B2Subsea 7 Norway AS
- Disconnectable spread mooring and riser tower system and method14 Dec 2021US 11,198,490 B2Sofec, Inc.
- Disconnectable bow turret13 Apr 2021US 10,974,793 B2Seasystems AS
- Disconnectable medium transfer system for a vessel and vessel provided therewith23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208828 A1Bluewater Energy Services B.V.
- Buoy for injecting fluid in a subterranean void and methods for connecting and disconnecting a fluid passage from a vessel to the buoy29 Feb 2024US 2024/0068332 A1Horisont Energi AS
- Mooring systems and processes for using same24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264790 A1Sofec, Inc.
- Offloading Hydrocarbons from Subsea Fields7 Jan 2021US 2021/0002965 A1Subsea 7 Norway AS
- Mooring buoy8 Oct 2020US 2020/0317301 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vessel mooring system88US 4,604,961 AExxon Production Research Company · 1986
- Method and system for offshore production of liquefied natural gas68US 6,003,603 ADen Norske Stats Ol jesel skap A.S. · 1999
- Disconnectable mooring system35US 5,316,509 ASofec, Inc. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel35US 5,823,131 AFMC Corporation · 1998
- Disconnectable mooring system for deep water32US 5,044,297 ABluewater Terminal Systems N.V. · 1991