B63B 71/20
Designing vessels: using towing tanks or model basins for designing
Official title: using towing tanks or model basins for designing
B63B71/20 (Designing vessels: using towing tanks or model basins for designing) appears on 33 US grants and 22 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 33
- Published applications
- 22
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 82
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Boundary layer testing system with enhanced entry region for angulated surfaces14 Jul 2026US 12,680,907 B2Airglide AI, Inc.
- System, process, and method for studying full-scale, multiphase, hydrodynamic flow representative of a ship's boundary layer5 Aug 2025US 12,377,941 B2Airglide AI, Inc.
- Unmanned sailing vehicle control system17 Dec 2024US 12,168,504 B2Saildrone, Inc.
- Large-scale model testing system of floating offshore wind power generation device and method for manufacturing testing system25 Jun 2024US 12,018,646 B2South China University of Technology
- System and method for providing information on fuel savings, safe operation, and maintenance by real-time predictive monitoring and predictive controlling of aerodynamic and hydrodynamic environmental internal/external forces, hull stresses, motion with six degrees of freedom, and the location of marine structure7 May 2024US 11,976,917 B2
- Boundary layer testing system with enhanced entry region for angulated surfaces30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334479 A1Airglide AI, Inc.
- System, process, and method for studying full-scale, multiphase, hydrodynamic flow representative of a ship’s boundary layer17 Oct 2024US 2024/0343360 A1Shipglide, Inc.
- System and method for providing information on fuel savings, safe operation, and maintenance by real-time predictive monitoring and predictive controlling of aerodynamic and hydrodynamic environmental internal/external forces, hull stresses, motion with six degrees of freedom, and the location of marine structure11 Jan 2024US 2024/0011766 A1
- Unmanned sailing vehicle control system2 Nov 2023US 2023/0348033 A1Saildrone, Inc.
- Large-scale model testing system of floating offshore wind power generation device and method for manufacturing testing system28 Apr 2022US 2022/0128036 A1South China University of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Partial shroud with perforating for VIV suppression, and method of using23US 6,685,394 B1Shell Oil Company · 2004
- Autonomous sailing vessel19US 9,003,986 B2Saildrone, Inc. · 2015
- System and method for fuel savings and safe operation of marine structure12US 9,580,150 B2Cytroniq Co., Ltd. · 2017
- Autonomous unmanned sailing vessel8US 9,834,290 B22017
- Apparatus for changing the attack angle of a cavitator on a supercavatating underwater research model7US 7,428,870 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2008