F16L 1/24
Floats
Official title: Floats; Weights
F16L1/24 (Floats) appears on 221 US grants and 201 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 221
- Published applications
- 201
- Assignees
- 158
- Inventors
- 440
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 10 | 19 |
| 2015 | 13 | 15 |
| 2016 | 10 | 20 |
| 2017 | 15 | 8 |
| 2018 | 9 | 14 |
| 2019 | 14 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Stackable float assembly14 Jul 2026US 12,680,397 B2Eddy Pump Corporation
- Subsea pipeline remediation heating17 Mar 2026US 12,578,049 B2Salamander IP Holdings LLC
- Manipulator device to apply modules around a pipeline, laying vessel comprising said device and method to operate said laying vessel3 Mar 2026US 12,565,945 B2Saipem S.P.A.
- Float apparatus14 Oct 2025US 12,442,256 B2Eddy Pump Corporation
- Spring14 Oct 2025US 12,442,426 B2Balmoral Comtec Limited
- Improving fatigue resistance of steel catenary risers3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258884 A1Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda
- Installation of subsea risers16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201755 A1Subsea 7 Norway AS
- Subsea fluid transfer system and process for using the same25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176938 A1Koil Energy Solutions, Inc.
- In-trench pipeline weighting device28 May 2026US 2026/0146685 A11552818 Ontario Limited
- Ballast weight lock26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055827 A1Longitude 123, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Marine riser57US 6,401,825 B1Petroleum Equipment Supply Engineering Company Limited · 2002
- Marine riser buoyancy assembly54US 4,477,207 A1984
- Flotation riser49US 4,646,840 ACameron Iron Works, Inc. · 1987
- Buoyancy control systems for tubes49US 6,663,453 B2Fiberspar Corporation · 2003
- Flexible mattress-like element usable at ballast for immobilizing and protecting underwater pipelines43US 4,477,206 AS.p.A. Officine Maccaferri gia Raffaele Maccaferri & Figli · 1984