B63C 11/42
With independent propulsion or direction control
Official title: with independent propulsion or direction control
B63C11/42 (With independent propulsion or direction control) appears on 106 US grants and 88 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 106
- Published applications
- 88
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 221
- Latest grant
- 20 Feb 2024
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 |
| 2015 | 9 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Autonomously deploying effects on water body bed20 Feb 2024US 11,904,992 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Attachment mechanisms for stabilization of subsea vehicles5 Apr 2022US 11,292,138 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Underwater pipeline inspection crawler1 Feb 2022US 11,235,472 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Underwater pipeline inspection crawler24 Aug 2021US 11,097,428 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Autonomous submersible offshore marine platform26 Jan 2021US 10,899,422 B2
- Arrangement for positioning a fall pipe end25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296664 A1DEME Offshore NL B.V.
- Autonomously deploying effects on water body bed21 Oct 2021US 2021/0323645 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Attachment mechanisms for stabilzation of subsea vehicles21 Jan 2021US 2021/0016453 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Underwater pipeline inspection crawler2 Jul 2020US 2020/0206951 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Underwater pipeline inspection crawler25 Jun 2020US 2020/0198155 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Underwater self-propelled surface adhering robotically operated vehicle184US 5,947,051 A1999
- Modular autonomous underwater vehicle system110US 5,995,882 A1999
- Underwater latch and power supply54US 6,257,162 B1Coflexip · 2001
- Unmanned autonomous submarine48US 7,290,496 B22007
- Autonomous underwater vehicle for marine seismic surveys46US 9,090,319 B2Seabed Geosolutions B.V. · 2015