E02B 2017/0069
Gravity structures
Official title: {Gravity structures}
E02B2017/0069 (Gravity structures) appears on 87 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02B- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for fabricating a gravity-based structure (GBS) at a specialized fabrication site16 Jun 2026US 12,655,592 B2Publischnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo “NOVATEK”
- Pontoon for transporting and placing a marine wind turbine on the seabed13 Jan 2026US 12,522,327 B2Acciona ConstruccióN, S.A.
- Method for fabrication of an integrated production complex on a gravity-based structure (GBS)1 Oct 2024US 12,103,649 B2Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo "NOVATEK"
- Foundation with pedestal and ribs for towers26 Mar 2024US 11,939,736 B2
- Offshore tension anode system and installation method thereof22 Nov 2022US 11,505,869 B2Dalian Kingmile Anticorrosion Technology Co., Ltd.
- Foundation with pedestal and ribs for towers30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218474 A1
- Offshore production facility for producing, treating and refining raw gas16 Oct 2025US 2025/0320678 A1Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo "NOVATEK"
- Integrated liquefied natural gas (lng) production facility on a gravity-based structure (gbs)17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230975 A1Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo "NOVATEK"
- Gravity-based structure (gbs)29 May 2025US 2025/0171115 A1Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo "NOVATEK"
- Method for fabricating a gravity-based structure (gbs) at a specialized fabrication site3 Apr 2025US 2025/0109561 A1Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo "NOVATEK"
Most cited
By later US patents
- Monopod drilling platform with directional drilling53US 4,030,310 ASea-Log Corporation · 1977
- Offshore structure for use in waters containing large moving ice masses40US 4,215,952 AChevron Research Company · 1980
- Offshore unit structure31US 4,692,065 ATakenaka Komuten Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Offshore mooring/loading system31US 4,735,167 ABrian Watt Associates, Inc. · 1988
- Offshore drilling and/or production system31US 4,746,245 ADen Norske Stats Oljeselskap A.S. · 1988