B63C 9/082
Annular or u-shaped life-buoys intended to be thrown to persons
Official title: {Annular or U-shaped life-buoys intended to be thrown to persons}
B63C9/082 (Annular or u-shaped life-buoys intended to be thrown to persons) appears on 56 US grants and 51 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 51
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 62
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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