B63C 9/22
Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving
Official title: Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment (equipment for handling life-boats or the like B63B23/00)
B63C9/22 (Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving) appears on 181 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 181
- Published applications
- 122
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 298
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2019 | 5 | 12 |
| 2020 | 13 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Maritime chute for maritime evacuation29 Sep 2026US 12,747,003 B2Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S
- Snowmobile emergency flotation device16 Jun 2026US 12,654,797 B2
- Rescue drone30 Dec 2025US 12,509,197 B2
- Unmanned aerial vehicle search and rescue system18 Feb 2025US 12,227,274 B2
- Collapsable transom for inflatable raft28 Jan 2025US 12,208,873 B2
- A maritime evacuation system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242040 A1Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S
- Rescue drone30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116589 A1
- Rescue apparatus and method of using the same25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389514 A1Out of the Blue Safety Services, LLC
- Swimmer emergency alerting, tracking, rescue assistance, and rip current mapping system23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326474 A1Bss Technologies, Inc.
- Bionic rescue robot fish24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236371 A1Dongguan University of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Personal flotation device41US 4,560,356 AHalkey-Roberts Corporation · 1985
- Rescue apparatus40US 4,799,906 ATechnical Equipment Associates of Florida, Inc. · 1989
- Method and apparatus for the automatic release of a gas from a pressurized cartridge28US 5,732,752 A1998
- Boating accessory container27US 6,367,403 B1MBC Rotomould Inc. · 2002
- Unmanned aerial vehicle search and rescue system24US 10,668,997 B22020