B63B 34/10
Power-driven personal watercraft
Official title: Power-driven personal watercraft, e.g. water scooters (water jet propulsion B63H11/00; jet steering B63H25/46); Accessories therefor
B63B34/10 (Power-driven personal watercraft) appears on 880 US grants and 646 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 880
- Published applications
- 646
- Assignees
- 160
- Inventors
- 913
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 40 | 0 |
| 2001 | 35 | 16 |
| 2002 | 31 | 47 |
| 2003 | 47 | 65 |
| 2004 | 55 | 46 |
| 2005 | 47 | 29 |
| 2006 | 31 | 21 |
| 2007 | 17 | 20 |
| 2008 | 21 | 18 |
| 2009 | 10 | 18 |
| 2010 | 13 | 17 |
| 2011 | 13 | 5 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9 |
| 2013 | 10 | 8 |
| 2014 | 14 | 12 |
| 2015 | 9 | 13 |
| 2016 | 18 | 20 |
| 2017 | 20 | 21 |
| 2018 | 24 | 18 |
| 2019 | 17 | 12 |
| 2020 | 20 | 27 |
| 2021 | 19 | 33 |
| 2022 | 29 | 34 |
| 2023 | 28 | 38 |
| 2024 | 22 | 45 |
| 2025 | 21 | 31 |
| 2026 | 31 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Personal watercraft22 Sep 2026US 12,741,721 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Retractable lift-propulsion system for a watercraft and watercraft having same18 Aug 2026US 12,709,357 B2Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
- Personal watercraft18 Aug 2026US 12,709,359 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Hydrojet propulsion system28 Jul 2026US 12,691,977 B2Kai Concepts, LLC
- Off-throttle steering for jet propulsion watercraft28 Jul 2026US 12,691,987 B2Taiga Motors Inc.
- Watercraft27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249973 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Personal watercraft and sponson for personal watercraft6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225691 A1Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
- Jet propulsion watercraft6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225703 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Reverse gate assembly and method for steering a watercraft30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217350 A1BRP Megatech Industries Inc.
- Electric motorized watercraft23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208829 A1Ride Awake ApS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inflatable watercraft with portable engine package70US 4,942,838 ASanshin Kagyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Boarding sensor and controller for small watercraft69US 4,941,854 ASanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Personal watercraft and off-power steering system for a personal watercraft58US 6,523,489 B2Bombardier Inc. · 2003
- Trim adjust system for a watercraft54US 5,507,672 AYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Jet-propelled chair float51US 5,403,220 A1995