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)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects

CPC: 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)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects

CPC:

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)

Of 10 combined children, 8 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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B63C 7/003 CPC only CPC only
B63C 7/006 CPC only CPC only
B63C 7/02 in which the lifting is done by hauling IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B63C 7/06 in which lifting action is generated in or adjacent to vessels or objects IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B63C 7/14 using freezing for closing holes or for strengthening the vessel or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B63C 7/16 Apparatus engaging vessels or objects IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B63C 7/24 Apparatus for passing chains or the like under vessels or objects IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B63C 7/28 Refloating stranded vessels IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B63C 7/30 Floatable safes (safes in general E05G) 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