B63C 7/00
Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels
Official title: Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects (means for searching for underwater objects B63C11/48)
B63C7/00 (Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels) appears on 417 US grants and 273 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 417
- Published applications
- 273
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 698
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 8 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12 |
| 2011 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 9 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 | 18 |
| 2014 | 8 | 15 |
| 2015 | 22 | 20 |
| 2016 | 19 | 16 |
| 2017 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13 | 10 |
| 2021 | 11 | 17 |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026 | 7 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63C 7/26Means for indicating the location of underwater objects116
- B63C 7/06In which lifting action is generated in or adjacent to vessels or93
- B63C 7/16Apparatus engaging vessels or objects83
- B63C 7/02In which the lifting is done by hauling51
- B63C 7/003Righting capsized vessels46
- B63C 7/006Emptying the contents of sunken, stranded, or disabled vessels39
- B63C 7/14Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels: using freezing for closing holes7
- B63C 7/24Apparatus for passing chains or the like under vessels or objects6
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Recent patents
- Fasteners for an underwater drilling assembly18 Aug 2026US 12,709,366 B2Resolve Marine Group, Inc.
- Method for retrieving an object exposed to a body of water4 Aug 2026US 12,698,067 B2Holland Marine Projects B.V.
- System for recovering autonomous underwater or surface water vehicles14 Jul 2026US 12,679,517 B2Exail
- Frame for an underwater drilling assembly5 May 2026US 12,617,508 B2Resolve Marine Group, Inc.
- Waste cartridge for an underwater drilling assembly28 Apr 2026US 12,612,139 B2Resolve Marine Group, Inc.
- Offboard Launch and Recovery System and Method for Unmanned Platforms10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264820 A1PacMar Technologies LLC
- Air-bleed assembly for an underwater drilling assembly25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176927 A1Resolve Marine Group, Inc.
- System for assisting in the recovery of at least one submerged object14 May 2026US 2026/0131877 A1
- Arrangement and Method for Retrieving Broken Moorings30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116517 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- Self-leveling rotary handling-type multi-autonomous underwater vehicle (auv) docking and transfer devices and methods thereof23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109438 A1Harbin Engineering University
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