F03B 13/26
Using tide energy
Official title: using tide energy
F03B13/26 (Using tide energy) appears on 547 US grants and 724 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03B- Granted patents
- 547
- Published applications
- 724
- Assignees
- 274
- Inventors
- 1,084
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 |
| 2006 | 2 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12 |
| 2008 | 8 | 17 |
| 2009 | 8 | 32 |
| 2010 | 15 | 58 |
| 2011 | 21 | 34 |
| 2012 | 33 | 46 |
| 2013 | 26 | 35 |
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| 2016 | 22 | 44 |
| 2017 | 37 | 51 |
| 2018 | 32 | 46 |
| 2019 | 43 | 38 |
| 2020 | 38 | 31 |
| 2021 | 34 | 29 |
| 2022 | 16 | 24 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 |
| 2024 | 22 | 38 |
| 2025 | 27 | 25 |
| 2026 | 18 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus for producing electrical energy from water currents15 Sep 2026US 12,736,026 B2Eolpower Investments S.R.L.
- Anchoring system for a hydrokinetic generator18 Aug 2026US 12,709,853 B2Sitkana, Inc.
- Horizontally-oriented conical-helical hydrokinetic turbine11 Aug 2026US 12,704,105 B2
- Water buoy data system to transfer shoaling status28 Jul 2026US 12,693,116 B2
- Systems and methods for power distribution and harnessing of marine hydrokinetic energy14 Jul 2026US 12,680,528 B2Riahmedia Inc.
- Infrastructure-integrated fluid turbine system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309119 A1
- Water buoy data system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298630 A1
- Water buoy data system to stabilize an off-shore vessel24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287347 A1
- Turbine blade17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275959 A1The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Water buoy data system to transfer shoaling status10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266606 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Energy conversion systems and methods405US 10,060,473 B2Oceana Energy Company · 2018
- River and tidal power harvester107US 7,492,054 B22009
- Underwater ducted turbine101US 7,471,009 B2Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated · 2008
- Portable water-powered electric generator100US 4,868,408 A1989
- Lunar tide powered hydroelectric plant82US 5,929,531 A1999