B63B 2211/02
Oceanography
B63B2211/02 (Oceanography) appears on 240 US grants and 255 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 240
- Published applications
- 255
- Assignees
- 155
- Inventors
- 607
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 10 |
| 2013 | 8 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 11 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 |
| 2016 | 12 | 18 |
| 2017 | 11 | 31 |
| 2018 | 17 | 32 |
| 2019 | 24 | 17 |
| 2020 | 22 | 19 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 |
| 2022 | 16 | 14 |
| 2023 | 16 | 18 |
| 2024 | 12 | 21 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for acquiring location information of observation buoy reflecting influence of ocean current and method for assessing damage risk relating to spilled oil dispersion of sunken ship by using same location information14 Jul 2026US 12,679,509 B2Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Underwater drift tracking system based on maritime positioning platform23 Jun 2026US 12,663,500 B2Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Bathy-drone: an autonomous unmanned drone-tethered sonar system12 May 2026US 12,623,762 B2University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Low probability of intercept signal interceptor buoy12 May 2026US 12,627,329 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Weight release device14 Apr 2026US 12,600,437 B2Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
- Acoustic telescope system and method of using same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243567 A1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- A method for fault detection or calibration in an unsubmerged state of an electro-magnetic measuring system arranged on an underwater sensor platform and a system for fault detection and calibration of an electro-magnetic measuring system arranged on an underwater sensor platform23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211074 A1Kongsberg Discovery AS
- Bionic sailfish9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192903 A1
- Method, autonomous underwater vehicle, base station18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167312 A1BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Multi-channel sub-bottom profiler (sbp) acquisition system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160889 A1Fnv IP B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Watercraft automation and aquatic effort data utilization62US 8,082,100 B22011
- Watercraft automation and aquatic effort data utilization61US 9,162,743 B22015
- Watercraft automation and aquatic effort data utilization49US 8,527,192 B22013
- Watercraft automation and aquatic effort data utilization47US 8,543,324 B22013
- Watercraft automation and aquatic effort data utilization46US 8,831,868 B22014