B63G 2008/004
Autonomously operating
Official title: {autonomously operating}
B63G2008/004 (Autonomously operating) appears on 451 US grants and 543 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63G- Granted patents
- 451
- Published applications
- 543
- Assignees
- 262
- Inventors
- 1,211
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 37 | 56 |
| 2026 | 34 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Submersible robot system and methods of employing same15 Sep 2026US 12,735,157 B2Fleet Robotics, Inc.
- Modular underwater pipeline inspection device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,970 B2The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Method for determining a position deviation, a positioning system and an underwater vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,724,420 B2Saab AB
- Underwater docking system for unmanned underwater vehicle25 Aug 2026US 12,715,558 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Apparatus for retrieving deep-sea nodules11 Aug 2026US 12,704,065 B2Impossible Metals Inc.
- Robot1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299618 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Underwater Vehicle with Metachronal Propulsion System24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285457 A1Brown University
- Multi-modal orchestration system for human-animal-robot collaborative task execution17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273737 A1Qomplx LLC
- Wave Energy Powered Underwater Vehicle10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266255 A1Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC
- Autonomous roaming offshore wind turbine27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249962 A1Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self propelled device having a magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system141US 6,939,290 B2Given Imaging Ltd. · 2005
- Method and device for the monitoring and remote control of unmanned, mobile underwater vehicles120US 5,579,285 A1996
- Subsea intervention63US 7,264,057 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2007
- Amphibious vertical takeoff and landing unmanned device59US 9,493,235 B22016
- Subsea intervention50US 6,763,889 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2004