B63B 25/00
Load-accommodating arrangements
Official title: Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby (trimming otherwise than by cargo division, e.g. by use of ballast B63B43/06, B63B43/08; constructive aspects of cargo spaces B63B11/00; hatches, hatchways B63B19/12)
B63B25/00 (Load-accommodating arrangements) appears on 1,327 US grants and 1,108 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 1,327
- Published applications
- 1,108
- Assignees
- 681
- Inventors
- 2,428
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 31 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 4 |
| 2002 | 26 | 21 |
| 2003 | 35 | 25 |
| 2004 | 19 | 29 |
| 2005 | 18 | 32 |
| 2006 | 24 | 40 |
| 2007 | 25 | 29 |
| 2008 | 19 | 28 |
| 2009 | 15 | 28 |
| 2010 | 23 | 42 |
| 2011 | 23 | 32 |
| 2012 | 24 | 39 |
| 2013 | 26 | 36 |
| 2014 | 31 | 50 |
| 2015 | 36 | 51 |
| 2016 | 38 | 51 |
| 2017 | 36 | 56 |
| 2018 | 53 | 89 |
| 2019 | 68 | 61 |
| 2020 | 75 | 63 |
| 2021 | 52 | 49 |
| 2022 | 41 | 49 |
| 2023 | 35 | 57 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 |
| 2025 | 40 | 48 |
| 2026 | 28 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63B 25/02Load-accommodating arrangements: for bulk goods773
- B63B 25/002Load-accommodating arrangements: for goods other than bulk goods332
- B63B 25/28Load-accommodating arrangements: for deck loads155
- B63B 25/24Means for preventing unwanted cargo movement90
- B63B 25/22Load-accommodating arrangements: for palletised articles44
- B63B 25/18Detachable decks32
- B63B 25/26Load-accommodating arrangements: for frozen goods9
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