B63B 77/00
Transporting or installing offshore structures on site using buoyancy forces
Official title: Transporting or installing offshore structures on site using buoyancy forces, e.g. using semi-submersible barges, ballasting the structure or transporting of oil-and-gas platforms
B63B77/00 (Transporting or installing offshore structures on site using buoyancy forces) appears on 184 US grants and 210 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 184
- Published applications
- 210
- Assignees
- 166
- Inventors
- 493
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 9 |
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| 2012 | 2 | 12 |
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| 2017 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 17 |
| 2023 | 8 | 21 |
| 2024 | 13 | 22 |
| 2025 | 15 | 31 |
| 2026 | 14 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for raising floating body for spar-type offshore wind power generation facility25 Aug 2026US 12,715,559 B2Kyushu University, National University Corporation
- Vessel and a method of inserting a monopile into a guide18 Aug 2026US 12,709,854 B2Iqip Holding B.V.
- Wind-powered direct air carbon dioxide capture for ocean sequestration4 Aug 2026US 12,697,585 B2Dehlsen Associates of the Pacific Limited
- Offshore wind turbine assembly vessel21 Jul 2026US 12,687,154 B2Itrec B V
- Integrated vessel with wave compensation capability for transporting completed offshore wind turbines and installation method thereof2 Jun 2026US 12,644,434 B2Dalian University of Technology
- A Modular Transportable Nuclear Power Plant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285450 A1Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for transporting a wind turbine component to and/or at an offshore wind turbine24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285452 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Floating wind turbine systems and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235105 A1Aikido Technologies, Inc.
- Floating intervention vessel for temporarily docking on an offshore wind turbine platform and associated intervention assembly and system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200561 A1Technip Energies France
- Offshore and marine vessel-based nuclear reactor configuration, deployment and operation2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188534 A1Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for the offshore installation of multi-ton packages such as deck packages, jackets, and sunken vessels56US 5,800,093 A1998
- Method and apparatus for the offshore installation of multi-ton prefabricated deck packages on partially submerged offshore jacket foundations50US 5,662,434 A1997
- Method and apparatus for modifying new or existing marine platforms49US 6,367,399 B12002
- Method and apparatus for the offshore installation of multi-ton prefabricated deck packages on partially submerged offshore jacket foundations48US 5,609,441 A1997
- Method and apparatus for the offshore installation of multi-ton packages such as deck packages and jackets40US 6,149,350 A2000