B63B 22/18
Buoys: having means to control attitude or position
Official title: having means to control attitude or position, e.g. reaction surfaces or tether
B63B22/18 (Buoys: having means to control attitude or position) appears on 326 US grants and 272 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 326
- Published applications
- 272
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 745
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 9 | 13 |
| 2014 | 10 | 16 |
| 2015 | 13 | 12 |
| 2016 | 18 | 20 |
| 2017 | 17 | 16 |
| 2018 | 16 | 13 |
| 2019 | 15 | 11 |
| 2020 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021 | 12 | 14 |
| 2022 | 12 | 16 |
| 2023 | 20 | 14 |
| 2024 | 11 | 24 |
| 2025 | 13 | 12 |
| 2026 | 19 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Waterway sensor15 Sep 2026US 12,735,158 B2
- Adjustable depth data buoy8 Sep 2026US 12,728,961 B2In-Situ, Inc.
- Automatic submersible water sports course system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,746 B2
- Data pod release system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,368 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Autonomous watercraft race course system4 Aug 2026US 12,698,059 B2Robobuoy Inc.
- Water buoy data system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298630 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
- Hydrogen containment airplane float technology13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233830 A1Wipaire, Inc.
- Self-powered computing buoy4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153071 A1Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scuba diver's marker buoy and dry box61US 6,273,773 B12001
- Amphibious vertical takeoff and landing unmanned device59US 9,493,235 B22016
- Multi-gimbal marine communication cable to ocean buoy transition interface58US 6,848,862 B1Harris Corporation · 2005
- Station keeping buoy system49US 5,577,942 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1996
- Buoyancy control for ocean characteristic measurement system46US 4,202,036 AThe Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · 1980