B63B 73/60
Building or assembling vessels or marine structures: characterised by the use of
Official title: characterised by the use of specific tools or equipment; characterised by automation, e.g. use of robots
B63B73/60 (Building or assembling vessels or marine structures: characterised by the use of) appears on 29 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 29
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 97
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mounting assemblies for marine vessels28 Jul 2026US 12,691,988 B1Brunswick Corporation
- Systems and methods of ship construction16 Jun 2026US 12,654,824 B2Abyss Defense Industries Inc.
- Alignment system8 Jul 2025US 12,351,439 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- System and method for accounting for compliance in a workpiece during autonomous processing25 Mar 2025US 12,257,714 B2GrayMatter Robotics Inc.
- Floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit25 Feb 2025US 12,234,802 B2Exmar Offshore Company
- Anti-slippage leveling device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307766 A1ATP S.p.A.
- Systems and methods of ship construction8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307767 A1Abyss Defense Industries Inc.
- Leveling device with load control17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276131 A1ATP S.p.A.
- Systems and methods of ship construction26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084791 A1Abyss Defense Industries Inc.
- 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
- Apparatus for assembling a ship hull module19US 4,476,797 A1984
- Vessel hull construction and method14US 5,090,351 AMarinex International, Inc. · 1992
- Vessel hull and construction method11US 5,085,161 AMarinex International, Inc. · 1992
- Method of construction, assembly, and launch of a floating wind turbine platform9US 10,215,161 B2University of Maine System Board of Trustees · 2019