B63B 43/06
Using ballast tanks
Official title: using ballast tanks (conduits for emptying or ballasting B63B13/00)
B63B43/06 (Using ballast tanks) appears on 163 US grants and 148 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 163
- Published applications
- 148
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 286
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 7 | 15 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 9 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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