F16L 1/14
Between the surface and the bottom
Official title: between the surface and the bottom
F16L1/14 (Between the surface and the bottom) appears on 161 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 122
- Assignees
- 88
- Inventors
- 256
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 12 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 15 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 |
| 2018 | 9 | 12 |
| 2019 | 19 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Floating underwater pipelines8 Sep 2026US 12,729,782 B2
- Umbilical10 Mar 2026US 12,571,286 B2Onesubsea, LLC
- System and method for deploying coils of spoolable pipe4 Nov 2025US 12,460,747 B2FlexSteel USA, LLC
- Installation of subsea risers26 Aug 2025US 12,398,599 B2Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda
- Conduit anchor27 May 2025US 12,313,189 B2Orbital Marine Power Limited
- Improving fatigue resistance of steel catenary risers3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258884 A1Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda
- Floating underwater pipelines - "process of tyn"24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237325 A1
- Seafloor Pipeline Removal System and Method6 Feb 2025US 2025/0043886 A1C-Dive, LLC
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Plant26 Sep 2024US 2024/0318640 A1The Abell Foundation, Inc.
- Clamp for holding a flexible slender structure26 Sep 2024US 2024/0318746 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for transferring fluid between subsea floor and the surface53US 4,906,137 ACoflexip · 1990
- Apparatus for near vertical laying of pipeline50US 5,421,675 AMcDermott International, Inc. · 1995
- Single point mooring with strain relief anchoring36US 4,065,822 ATexaco Inc. · 1978
- Variable buoyancy cable34US 6,239,363 B1Marine Innovations, L.L.C. · 2001
- Flexible retractable cold water pipe for an ocean thermal energy conversion system32US 4,497,342 ALockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc. · 1985