F03B 13/12
Adaptations of machines or engines for special use: characterised by using wave
Official title: characterised by using wave or tide energy
F03B13/12 (Adaptations of machines or engines for special use: characterised by using wave) appears on 2,140 US grants and 2,389 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03B- Granted patents
- 2,140
- Published applications
- 2,389
- Assignees
- 817
- Inventors
- 3,399
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | 34 | 0 |
| 1979 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 29 | 0 |
| 1981 | 33 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 34 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 1 |
| 2002 | 13 | 12 |
| 2003 | 10 | 23 |
| 2004 | 23 | 26 |
| 2005 | 18 | 34 |
| 2006 | 17 | 34 |
| 2007 | 23 | 61 |
| 2008 | 45 | 80 |
| 2009 | 38 | 102 |
| 2010 | 53 | 171 |
| 2011 | 73 | 150 |
| 2012 | 83 | 145 |
| 2013 | 103 | 130 |
| 2014 | 126 | 145 |
| 2015 | 93 | 118 |
| 2016 | 79 | 120 |
| 2017 | 108 | 119 |
| 2018 | 90 | 116 |
| 2019 | 109 | 115 |
| 2020 | 104 | 111 |
| 2021 | 93 | 91 |
| 2022 | 74 | 104 |
| 2023 | 92 | 112 |
| 2024 | 95 | 107 |
| 2025 | 110 | 91 |
| 2026 | 51 | 71 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Synergistic tracking integrated photovoltaic and concentrating cogeneration solar energy harvesting system29 Sep 2026US 12,750,000 B2RIC Enterprises
- Apparatus for producing electrical energy from water currents15 Sep 2026US 12,736,026 B2Eolpower Investments S.R.L.
- Modular floating territory8 Sep 2026US 12,728,964 B2Seanest S.A.
- Shipping container tracking methods25 Aug 2026US 12,718,186 B2Teleme Trak, Inc.
- Anchoring system for a hydrokinetic generator18 Aug 2026US 12,709,853 B2Sitkana, Inc.
- Wave energy converter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309117 A1Breaking Wave Technologies Ltd.
- Tensegrity adaptive-geometry wave energy converter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309118 A1The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Infrastructure-integrated fluid turbine system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309119 A1
- A wave energy converter system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298191 A1Zoex Corporation
- Reciprocating oscillating energy harvester1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298192 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Energy conversion systems and methods405US 10,060,473 B2Oceana Energy Company · 2018
- Scavenger energy converter system its new applications and its control systems239US 6,327,994 B12001
- Water-mist blower cooling system and its new applications215US 6,293,121 B12001
- Piezoelectric fluid-electric generator130US 4,387,318 APiezo Electric Products, Inc. · 1983
- Wave operated electrical generation system110US 4,260,901 A1981