B63C 7/16
Apparatus engaging vessels or objects
Official title: Apparatus engaging vessels or objects {(B63C7/006 takes precedence)}
B63C7/16 (Apparatus engaging vessels or objects) appears on 83 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 83
- Published applications
- 65
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 157
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 4 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fasteners for an underwater drilling assembly18 Aug 2026US 12,709,366 B2Resolve Marine Group, Inc.
- 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.
- System and method for launch and recovery of a marine vessel9 Dec 2025US 12,491,968 B2Sealartec Ltd.
- 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.
- Arrangement and Method for Retrieving Broken Moorings30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116517 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- System and method for recovery of autonomous underwater vehicles19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048826 A1Impossible Metals Inc.
- Underwater robot for underwater glider recovery and underwater glider recovery method using same29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028099 A1Korea Institute of Robot & Convergegence
Most cited
By later US patents
- Marine lifting apparatus51US 7,527,006 B22009
- Marine lifting apparatus46US 7,845,296 B12010
- Girth hitching mechanism38US 5,082,318 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1992
- Marine lifting apparatus25US 8,061,289 B22011
- Recovery device and recovery method of unmanned underwater vehicles21US 11,319,041 B2Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. · 2022