B63B 43/04
By improving stability
Official title: by improving stability
B63B43/04 (By improving stability) appears on 275 US grants and 243 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 243
- Assignees
- 153
- Inventors
- 500
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 9 | 14 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 | 21 |
| 2016 | 13 | 11 |
| 2017 | 18 | 12 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 18 | 13 |
| 2020 | 11 | 15 |
| 2021 | 10 | 18 |
| 2022 | 13 | 9 |
| 2023 | 14 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 12 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63B 43/06Using ballast tanks163
- B63B 43/08By transfer of solid ballast41
- B63B 2043/047By means of hull shapes comprising a wide hull portion near theIndexing code11
- B63B 2043/042Using outboard booms supporting ballast, other than solid ballast or personsIndexing code5
- B63B 43/045By decreasing the free surface effect of water entered in enclosed decks3
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