B63B 59/00

Hull protection specially adapted for vessels

Official title: Hull protection specially adapted for vessels; Cleaning devices specially adapted for vessels {(inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection C23F13/00)}

B63B59/00 (Hull protection specially adapted for vessels) appears on 1,188 US grants and 957 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,188
Published applications: 957
Assignees: 583
Inventors: 2,223
Latest grant: 29 Sep 2026

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B63B 59/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	18	0
1977	23	0
1978	12	0
1979	6	0
1980	8	0
1981	28	0
1982	11	0
1983	13	0
1984	6	0
1985	10	0
1986	12	0
1987	19	0
1988	12	0
1989	17	0
1990	17	0
1991	22	0
1992	15	0
1993	14	0
1994	33	0
1995	21	0
1996	16	0
1997	23	0
1998	33	0
1999	24	0
2000	21	0
2001	26	5
2002	24	18
2003	21	17
2004	15	34
2005	25	27
2006	23	27
2007	12	26
2008	14	23
2009	7	21
2010	25	28
2011	22	31
2012	15	35
2013	26	32
2014	19	43
2015	33	45
2016	36	50
2017	42	53
2018	36	53
2019	49	61
2020	50	59
2021	38	55
2022	42	56
2023	43	45
2024	54	45
2025	29	34
2026	28	34

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