B63C 7/20
Using grabs
Official title: using grabs {(cable grapnels with grabs B63C11/50)}
B63C7/20 (Using grabs) appears on 33 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 33
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 57
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pivoting AUV/UUV dock for use with a wave energy converter4 Nov 2025US 12,459,615 B2University of Massachusetts
- Flexible dynamic capturing system for underwater moving carrier7 Jan 2025US 12,187,395 B1Zhejiang University
- Docking device for an underwater vehicle18 Jun 2024US 12,012,191 B2Thales
- Docking device for an underwater vehicle16 Aug 2022US 11,414,163 B2Thales
- Deep water buoyancy device31 Aug 2021US 11,104,405 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Arrangement and Method for Retrieving Broken Moorings30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116517 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- Underwater robot for underwater glider recovery and underwater glider recovery method using same29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028099 A1Korea Institute of Robot & Convergegence
- Flexible dynamic capturing system for underwater moving carrier26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425158 A1Zhejiang University
- Pivoting auv/uuv dock for use with a wave energy converter22 Dec 2022US 2022/0403812 A1University of Massachusetts
- Docking device for an underwater vehicle26 May 2022US 2022/0161913 A1Thales
Most cited
By later US patents
- Girth hitching mechanism38US 5,082,318 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1992
- Marine mammal retrieval apparatus14US 4,232,417 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1980
- Marine lifting apparatus11US 8,960,114 B22015
- Grabber8US 3,986,745 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1976
- Retriever8US 4,015,873 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1977