B63B 35/4413
Floating drilling platforms
Official title: {Floating drilling platforms, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices}
B63B35/4413 (Floating drilling platforms) appears on 492 US grants and 398 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 492
- Published applications
- 398
- Assignees
- 248
- Inventors
- 791
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2005 | 11 | 15 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7 |
| 2007 | 8 | 4 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
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| 2021 | 15 | 8 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for heave compensation29 Sep 2026US 12,747,635 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Offshore anchoring methods and systems2 Jun 2026US 12,643,636 B2Marinhub AS
- Systems, devices and methods for monitoring support platform structural conditions5 May 2026US 12,618,729 B2Astro Technology Group, LLC
- Systems and methods for evaluating securing systems for floating structures using virtual sensors4 Nov 2025US 12,460,514 B2Chevron U.S.A.Inc.
- Floating wind turbine platform21 Oct 2025US 12,448,093 B2Principle Power, Inc.
- Floating photovoltaic generation systems25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180493 A1Arema Energies Conpany
- Hatch mechanism26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085563 A1The Gatemaster Corporation
- Floating wind turbine platform12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042517 A1Principle Power, Inc.
- Skid docking and anchoring system with couplings and associated methods18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382042 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- Geotechnical rig systems and methods20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354443 A1Gregg Drilling, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drilling, production and oil storage caisson for deep water100US 4,702,321 A1987
- Subsea well intervention vessel87US 6,840,322 B2Multi Opertional Service Tankers Inc. · 2005
- Fairing for elongated elements75US 4,398,487 AExxon Production Research Company · 1983
- System and method for managing heave pressure from a floating rig73US 8,347,982 B2Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. · 2013
- Multi-activity offshore exploration and/or development drilling method and apparatus68US 6,047,781 ATransocean Offshore Inc. · 2000