B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B63C covers equipment and systems for vessel launch and recovery operations, including slipways, dry docks, and hauling-out mechanisms used to move ships between water and land. The subclass also encompasses life-saving devices and personal protective equipment for water safety, such as lifeboats, life jackets, and rescue apparatus. Additionally, it includes diving equipment, underwater habitats, and apparatus for working submerged, along with tools and techniques for locating, salvaging, or investigating objects on the seafloor or underwater. Related vessel propulsion and navigation systems are classified elsewhere in B63.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
CPC: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 8 subcodes exist in both systems.
6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B63C 1/00 Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats (storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking B63C15/00; mooring of vessels B63B21/00; hydraulic-engineering aspects E02B) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 11/00 Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects (composition of chemical substances for use in breathing apparatus A62D9/00; swimming aids or equipment A63B31/00 - A63B35/00; submarines B63G8/00) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 13/00 Equipment forming part of or attachable to vessels facilitating transport over land (amphibious craft, land vehicles convertible for use on water B60F; land vehicles for carrying boats B60P; harnesses attachable to vessels for personal carrying A45F) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 15/00 Storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 3/00 Launching or hauling-out by landborne slipways; Slipways (ship-borne guides for handling lifeboats or the like B63B23/30; cranes winches, or the like B66; ship lifting for adapting to different water levels E02C) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 9/00 Life-saving in water (life-saving in general A62B; arrangement or adaptation of signalling or lighting devices for ships, other waterborne vessels or for equipment for shipping B63B45/00; rescue equipment specially adapted for submarine personnel B63G8/40) +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B63,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 5,719
- DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 4,684
- HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 3,015
- ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY 1,359
- HUDONG-ZHONGHUA SHIPBUILDING (GROUP) COMPANY 1,221
- HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY 1,175
- SHANGHAI WAIGAOQIAO SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 1,129
- CSSC HUANGPU WENCHONG SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 1,113
- GUANGZHOU SHIPYARD INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 1,073
- JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 963
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B63,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 4,830
- DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 4,093
- HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 2,639
- GAZ TRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ FR 1,037
- SHANGHAI WAIGAOQIAO SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 827
- HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY 811
- GUANGZHOU SHIPYARD INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 808
- HUDONG-ZHONGHUA SHIPBUILDING (GROUP) COMPANY 784
- YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY JP 731
- THYSSEN KRUPP DE 727