B63B 35/50
Vessels or floating structures for aircraft
Official title: Vessels or floating structures for aircraft (aircraft carriers B63G11/00; flying-boat hulls, other flotation means for aircraft B64)
B63B35/50 (Vessels or floating structures for aircraft) appears on 119 US grants and 108 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 119
- Published applications
- 108
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 225
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 | 14 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for securing an upright rocket15 Sep 2026US 12,735,203 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- System for controlling aeraulic conditions above a landing or deck-landing zone7 Jul 2026US 12,673,755 B2Office National D’Etudes Et De Recherches AéRospatiales
- Water surface foldable emergency-built runway7 Jul 2026US 12,673,756 B2
- System for receiving a descending rocket on a semisubmersible vessel using a suspended cable5 May 2026US 12,617,557 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Rocket including rotatable arm for engaging a cable during descent and method for the same6 Jan 2026US 12,515,823 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Portable containment structure for ship preservation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225693 A1Vigor Industrial LLC
- Systems and methods for receiving a descending rocket16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200605 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Autonomous vehicle delivery with integrated communication and control systems26 Feb 2026US 2026/0057335 A1Skyhaul Aerospace and Marine Services Corporation
- Systems and methods for securing an upright rocket3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108941 A1Blue Origin, LLC
- Training Vessel for Helicopter Pilot Training2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006079 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle catcher117US 7,264,204 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2007
- Methods and apparatuses for capturing unmanned aircraft and constraining motion of the captured aircraft101US 7,175,135 B2The Insitu Group, Inc. · 2007
- Methods and apparatuses for launching unmanned aircraft, including methods and apparatuses for launching aircraft with a wedge action74US 7,128,294 B2The Insitu Group, Inc. · 2006
- System for shipboard launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aircraft and method therefor60US 8,028,952 B2The Boeing Company · 2011
- Apparatus for recovery of unmanned, reusable aircraft50US 5,109,788 AMSG Marine-und Sondertechnik GmbH · 1992