B63C 11/49
Floating structures with underwater viewing devices
Official title: Floating structures with underwater viewing devices, e.g. with windows {; Arrangements on floating structures of underwater viewing devices, e.g. on boats (arrangement of visual equipment on submarines B63G8/38)}
B63C11/49 (Floating structures with underwater viewing devices) appears on 92 US grants and 81 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Submerged laser television and submerged laser visual recognizer45US 6,304,289 B1Director General of Port and Harbour Research Institute, Ministry of Transport · 2001
- Underwater viewing board38US 5,447,459 AVU Boards International · 1995
- Aquatic sport device31US 4,691,658 A1987
- Power driven underwater viewing platform28US 4,840,592 A1989
- Floating and nonsubmersible nautical craft24US 4,494,472 A1985