B63B 73/40
Building or assembling vessels or marine structures: characterised by joining methods
Official title: characterised by joining methods
B63B73/40 (Building or assembling vessels or marine structures: characterised by joining methods) appears on 103 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 103
- Published applications
- 107
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 255
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12 |
| 2024 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods of ship construction16 Jun 2026US 12,654,824 B2Abyss Defense Industries Inc.
- Offshore floating-type wind power combined semi-submersible platform foundation21 Apr 2026US 12,606,278 B2Wison New Energies Co., Ltd.
- Hull-mounted installation conversion method7 Apr 2026US 12,595,030 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Bonded windshield system2 Dec 2025US 12,486,008 B2Taylor Made Group, LLC
- Modular floating structure and method of construction28 Oct 2025US 12,454,336 B2Legacy Foundry AG
- Systems and methods of ship construction8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307767 A1Abyss Defense Industries Inc.
- Systems and methods of ship construction26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084791 A1Abyss Defense Industries Inc.
- Twistlock alignment12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070483 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Floating foundation for an offshore wind turbine and method of construction4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368299 A1Maridea B.V.
- Floating marine platform and the manufacturing thereof2 Oct 2025US 2025/0304223 A1Ocergy, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of constructing welded metal skin boat hulls and hulls made thereby24US 4,214,332 AARES, Inc. · 1980
- Method of making a structural body22US 4,673,453 AAB Hydro Betong · 1987
- Modular watercraft21US 9,701,367 B2Johnson Outdoors Inc. · 2017
- Kayak with thermoformed hull and rotomolded pedal drive mount17US 10,220,924 B1Hurricane Aqua Sports, Inc. · 2019
- Hybrid ship hull17US 6,941,888 B22005