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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)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Life-saving in water

CPC: 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)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Life-saving in water

CPC:

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)

Of 15 combined children, 8 exist in both systems.

7 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 4 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B63C 2009/0017 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • B63C 2009/0088 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • B63C 2009/0094 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • B63C 9/01 Air-sea rescue devices, i.e. equipment carried by, and capable of being dropped from, an aircraft (inflatable vessels B63B7/00; inflatable buoys B63B22/22) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B63C 9/21 CPC only CPC only
  • B63C 9/24 CPC only CPC only
  • B63C 9/32 Equipment adapted to use on ice 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