B63B 2201/00
Signalling devices
B63B2201/00 (Signalling devices) appears on 294 US grants and 262 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 294
- Published applications
- 262
- Assignees
- 126
- Inventors
- 535
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 8 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 11 |
| 2013 | 11 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 12 | 17 |
| 2017 | 14 | 24 |
| 2018 | 18 | 17 |
| 2019 | 14 | 10 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 19 |
| 2022 | 15 | 20 |
| 2023 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 | 19 |
| 2025 | 12 | 18 |
| 2026 | 12 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63B 2201/04IlluminatingIndexing code96
- B63B 2201/18SonarIndexing code58
- B63B 2201/26Signalling anomaliesIndexing code43
- B63B 2201/20Antenna or mastIndexing code34
- B63B 2201/16RadioIndexing code29
- B63B 2201/12Reflecting meansIndexing code26
- B63B 2201/02AudibleIndexing code20
- B63B 2201/14BalloonIndexing code6
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Location signalling device for automatically placing a radio distress call236US 5,193,215 A1993
- Method, apparatus, and computer program products for alerting surface vessels to hazardous conditions157US 6,469,664 B1Honeywell International Inc. · 2002
- Buoy and releasing system for ships in distress87US 5,066,256 A1991
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- Parafoil-borne distress signals86US 5,736,954 AS E Ventures, Inc. · 1998