B63B 59/10
Using trolleys or the like driven along the surface
Official title: using trolleys or the like driven along the surface
B63B59/10 (Using trolleys or the like driven along the surface) appears on 116 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 217
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
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| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Device capable of suction-adhering to a wall surface and moving therealong76US 4,095,378 A1978
- Surface traversing apparatus and method52US 6,964,312 B2International Climbing Machines, Inc. · 2005