B63H 9/00
Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
Official title: Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power (wind-motors driving underwater propulsive elements B63H13/00)
B63H9/00 (Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power) appears on 1,193 US grants and 698 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63H- Granted patents
- 1,193
- Published applications
- 698
- Assignees
- 348
- Inventors
- 1,535
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 24 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 30 | 0 |
| 1985 | 30 | 0 |
| 1986 | 36 | 0 |
| 1987 | 43 | 0 |
| 1988 | 24 | 0 |
| 1989 | 42 | 0 |
| 1990 | 31 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 27 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 3 |
| 2002 | 16 | 15 |
| 2003 | 19 | 15 |
| 2004 | 18 | 23 |
| 2005 | 20 | 11 |
| 2006 | 13 | 31 |
| 2007 | 20 | 34 |
| 2008 | 15 | 26 |
| 2009 | 17 | 41 |
| 2010 | 18 | 36 |
| 2011 | 21 | 34 |
| 2012 | 28 | 35 |
| 2013 | 26 | 33 |
| 2014 | 23 | 28 |
| 2015 | 27 | 28 |
| 2016 | 28 | 35 |
| 2017 | 25 | 27 |
| 2018 | 20 | 25 |
| 2019 | 25 | 37 |
| 2020 | 23 | 29 |
| 2021 | 37 | 27 |
| 2022 | 19 | 18 |
| 2023 | 19 | 36 |
| 2024 | 14 | 25 |
| 2025 | 21 | 30 |
| 2026 | 18 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Mast stayed by a shroud separated transversely from the mast by a spreader3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257779 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Autonomous navigation ship27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249966 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
- Parasail opening and closing system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242044 A1
- A furling arrangement for a sailing boat23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208837 A1Selden Mast AB
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