B63H 9/04

Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power: using sails or like wind-catching

Official title: using sails or like wind-catching surfaces (sail or rigging arrangements specially adapted for water sports boards, e.g. for windsurfing or kitesurfing B63H8/00)

B63H9/04 (Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power: using sails or like wind-catching) appears on 1,145 US grants and 642 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,145
Published applications: 642
Assignees: 337
Inventors: 1,471
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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B63H 9/04: granted patents and published applications per publication 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	17	0
1984	30	0
1985	30	0
1986	35	0
1987	43	0
1988	23	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	26	0
2000	23	0
2001	27	3
2002	16	15
2003	19	15
2004	18	23
2005	20	11
2006	13	29
2007	19	32
2008	14	25
2009	16	38
2010	18	34
2011	20	32
2012	26	32
2013	24	16
2014	20	25
2015	19	24
2016	21	29
2017	20	26
2018	17	25
2019	24	37
2020	23	28
2021	35	25
2022	19	18
2023	19	32
2024	12	23
2025	19	30
2026	17	15

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