B63C 9/02
Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving
Official title: Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving (floatable furniture B63C9/30; boats in general B63B; inflatable vessels B63B7/00; equipment for handling lifeboats or the like B63B23/00; rafts B63B35/58)
B63C9/02 (Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving) appears on 319 US grants and 262 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 319
- Published applications
- 262
- Assignees
- 109
- Inventors
- 479
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 10 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 9 |
| 2006 | 11 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9 |
| 2012 | 1 | 10 |
| 2013 | 12 | 17 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7 |
| 2016 | 12 | 14 |
| 2017 | 12 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 | 16 |
| 2019 | 20 | 26 |
| 2020 | 24 | 21 |
| 2021 | 17 | 23 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8 |
| 2023 | 16 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Life-saving robot6 Oct 2026US 12,752,891 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Personnel transfer device16 Jun 2026US 12,654,814 B2Billy Pugh Co., Inc.
- Multi-chamber inflatable device12 May 2026US 12,623,758 B2Crusoe Survival, LLC
- System and method for deterring aquatic animals by remote control of electromagnetic barrier5 May 2026US 12,616,187 B2Armaments Corporation of South Africa Soc Ltd
- Inflatable toroidal polyhedron buoyancy tube for a life raft20 Jan 2026US 12,528,565 B2Goodrich Corporation
- A maritime evacuation system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242040 A1Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S
- Personal flotation device with integrated shelter7 May 2026US 2026/0125139 A1
- Water rescue flotation systems19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077839 A1
- Solar powered universal serial bus (usb) charger in an inflatable26 Feb 2026US 2026/0058598 A1Goodrich Corporation
- Convertible towable inflatable device4 Sep 2025US 2025/0276768 A1Kwik Tek, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination inflator and manifold assembly87US 7,056,179 B22006
- Collapsible flotation device65US 6,485,344 B2Gray Matter Holdings, LLC · 2002
- Marine personnel rescue system and apparatus63US 5,597,335 A1997
- Floating search and rescue inflatable pyramid44US 4,573,933 A1986
- Collapsible floating assembly40US 6,881,114 B2Patent Category Corp. · 2005