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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)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Launching or hauling-out, e.g. by landborne slipways; Slipways

CPC: 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)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Launching or hauling-out, e.g. by landborne slipways; Slipways

CPC:

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 and CPC are identically structured here. All 7 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B63C 3/02 by longitudinal movement of vessel IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B63C 3/04 by sideways movement of vessel IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B63C 3/06 by vertical movement of vessel, i.e. by crane IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B63C 3/08 Tracks on slipways IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B63C 3/10 using releasing devices IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B63C 3/12 using cradles (vehicles in general for transporting boats or the like B60P) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B63C 3/14 using braking means IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B63,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 5,719
  2. DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 4,684
  3. HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 3,015
  4. ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY 1,359
  5. HUDONG-ZHONGHUA SHIPBUILDING (GROUP) COMPANY 1,221
  6. HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY 1,175
  7. SHANGHAI WAIGAOQIAO SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 1,129
  8. CSSC HUANGPU WENCHONG SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 1,113
  9. GUANGZHOU SHIPYARD INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 1,073
  10. JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 963

Top Applicants (CPC)

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