B63B 43/00
Improving safety of vessels
Official title: Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for (fire-fighting in ships A62C3/10)
B63B43/00 (Improving safety of vessels) appears on 923 US grants and 780 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 923
- Published applications
- 780
- Assignees
- 437
- Inventors
- 1,762
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 2 |
| 2002 | 34 | 18 |
| 2003 | 25 | 22 |
| 2004 | 24 | 28 |
| 2005 | 19 | 22 |
| 2006 | 21 | 18 |
| 2007 | 17 | 25 |
| 2008 | 9 | 16 |
| 2009 | 8 | 18 |
| 2010 | 15 | 26 |
| 2011 | 13 | 20 |
| 2012 | 14 | 19 |
| 2013 | 20 | 28 |
| 2014 | 24 | 40 |
| 2015 | 38 | 48 |
| 2016 | 25 | 31 |
| 2017 | 37 | 44 |
| 2018 | 41 | 33 |
| 2019 | 39 | 37 |
| 2020 | 28 | 44 |
| 2021 | 29 | 41 |
| 2022 | 29 | 37 |
| 2023 | 36 | 37 |
| 2024 | 32 | 42 |
| 2025 | 32 | 45 |
| 2026 | 37 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63B 43/02Reducing risk of capsizing or sinking616
- B63B 43/18Preventing collision or grounding164
- B63B 43/24Arrangements of watertight doors in bulkheads34
- B63B 2043/006Methods or installations specially adapted for detecting ingress of ambient waterIndexing code13
- B63B 2043/003Arrangements of emergency exitsIndexing code6
Recent patents
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- Detection of a risk of collision with an object in a water area1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301579 A1SEA.AI GmbH
- Counterweight for semi-submersible float of offshore wind turbine and installation method therefor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249964 A1Saipem S.P.A.
- Compensating imprecise user input in the maneuvering of a vessel20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242048 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Boat stabilizing device that comprises foam sticks13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233812 A1Choir Innovation & Development Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scavenger energy converter system its new applications and its control systems239US 6,327,994 B12001
- Water-mist blower cooling system and its new applications215US 6,293,121 B12001
- Method, apparatus, and computer program products for alerting surface vessels to hazardous conditions157US 6,469,664 B1Honeywell International Inc. · 2002
- Wake enhancement assembly119US 6,427,616 B12002
- Wakeboat hull control systems and methods85US 8,798,825 B12014