B63B 73/20
Building or assembling prefabricated vessel modules or parts other than hull blocks
Official title: Building or assembling prefabricated vessel modules or parts other than hull blocks, e.g. engine rooms, rudders, propellers, superstructures, berths, holds or tanks
B63B73/20 (Building or assembling prefabricated vessel modules or parts other than hull blocks) appears on 39 US grants and 53 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 53
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 128
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hull-mounted installation conversion method7 Apr 2026US 12,595,030 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Submersible offshore platform and method of installing the same25 Nov 2025US 12,480,270 B2
- Modular keel30 Sep 2025US 12,428,107 B1Rafnar Ehf
- Houseboat assembly9 Apr 2024US 11,952,085 B2Harbor Cottage, LLC
- Heat-insulating structural material, and low temperature and ultra-low temperature liquefied gas carrier using the same4 Apr 2023US 11,618,536 B2
- Portable containment structure for ship preservation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225693 A1Vigor Industrial LLC
- Marine hydrogen charging station11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159201 A1TMC Corporation
- Modular keel21 May 2026US 2026/0138707 A1Rafnar Ehf
- Chain compressor and anchoring device including same19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077833 A1Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
- Twistlock alignment12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070483 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
Most cited
By later US patents
- System, tooling and method of construction of cryogenic tanks for LNG tankers and for LNG storage21US 4,207,827 A1980
- Modular watercraft21US 9,701,367 B2Johnson Outdoors Inc. · 2017
- Method for assembling a complete module of multideck ship hull17US 4,491,081 A1985
- Hybrid ship hull17US 6,941,888 B22005
- Modular deck structure of a pontoon boat15US 7,188,576 B2Xpress Boats · 2007