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B63C 7/00

Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects (means for searching for underwater objects B63C11/48)

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  • B63C 7/14 using freezing for closing holes or for strengthening the vessel or the like
  • B63C 7/24 Apparatus for passing chains or the like under vessels or objects
  • B63C 7/26 Means for indicating the location of underwater objects, e.g. sunken vessels (means for searching for underwater objects B63C11/48; buoys in general B63B22/00)
  • B63C 7/28 Refloating stranded vessels
  • B63C 7/30 Floatable safes (safes in general E05G)

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B63, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 4,830
  2. DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 4,093
  3. HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 2,639
  4. GAZ TRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ FR 1,037
  5. SHANGHAI WAIGAOQIAO SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 827
  6. HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY 811
  7. GUANGZHOU SHIPYARD INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 808
  8. HUDONG-ZHONGHUA SHIPBUILDING (GROUP) COMPANY 784
  9. YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY JP 731
  10. THYSSEN KRUPP DE 727