B63B 35/08
Ice-breakers or other vessels or floating structures for operation in ice-infested waters
Official title: Ice-breakers {or other vessels or floating structures for operation in ice-infested waters; Ice-breakers, or other vessels or floating structures having equipment specially adapted therefor}
B63B35/08 (Ice-breakers or other vessels or floating structures for operation in ice-infested waters) appears on 176 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 176
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 276
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11 | 4 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods, apparatuses, and systems for unmanned underwater vehicles10 Feb 2026US 12,545,382 B2The Boeing Company
- Compliant shaft enclosure support system to limit rotation7 Dec 2021US 11,193,526 B1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Icebreaker9 Nov 2021US 11,167,825 B2Bifrost Tug AS
- MagLev module with MTL control system in furniture and ice-breaking vessel11 Aug 2020US 10,742,140 B2
- Floating drilling platform for offshore oil / gas drilling and exploration in ice-infested polar areas12 May 2020US 10,648,145 B2China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
- Sea ice habitat restoration platform27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250922 A1EISBÄR Architecture + Engineering Research PC
- Methods, apparatuses, and systems for unmanned underwater vehicles18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289544 A1The Boeing Company
- Integrated production complex on a gravity-based structure (gbs)12 Dec 2024US 2024/0409193 A1Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo "NOVATEK"
- Control system for operating a floating wind turbine under sea ice conditions15 Sep 2022US 2022/0290653 A1Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Watercraft7 Apr 2022US 2022/0106023 A1CAYAGO TEC GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Arctic caisson43US 4,048,943 AExxon Production Research Company · 1977
- Offshore floating production, storage, and off-loading vessel for use in ice-covered and clear water applications38US 7,958,835 B22011
- Method and apparatus for protecting offshore structures against forces from moving ice sheets34US 4,102,144 AGlobal Marine, Inc. · 1978
- Floating-type offshore structure23US 4,457,250 AMitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. · 1984
- Mobile sea barge and plateform22US 4,666,341 ASanta Fe International Corporation · 1987