B63C 9/01
Air-sea rescue devices, i.e. equipment carried by, and capable of being dropped
Official title: Air-sea rescue devices, i.e. equipment carried by, and capable of being dropped from, an aircraft (inflatable vessels B63B7/00; inflatable buoys B63B22/22)
B63C9/01 (Air-sea rescue devices, i.e. equipment carried by, and capable of being dropped) appears on 39 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 72
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Rescue drone3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326965 A1
- Universal maritime craft aerial delivery system8 Aug 2024US 2024/0262500 A1Capewell Aerial Systems LLC
- Rapid aerial extraction systems11 Jan 2024US 2024/0010311 A1Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle search and rescue system24US 10,668,997 B22020
- Unmanned aerial vehicle system and methods for use21US 9,944,366 B22018
- Overboard rescue system14US 6,558,218 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2003
- Helicopter extractable cold weather/water liferaft13US 4,533,333 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1985
- Methods and systems for providing a safety apparatus to distressed persons7US 9,745,062 B22017