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:
Life-saving in water
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 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 9/02 Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving (floatable furniture B63C9/30; boats in general B63B; inflatable vessels B63B7/00; equipment for handling lifeboats or the like B63B23/00; rafts B63B35/58) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 9/06 Floatable closed containers with accommodation for one or more persons inside (B63C9/01 takes precedence) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 9/08 Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like ( ; equipment for swimming A63B, e.g. swimming aids A63B31/00, ) +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 9/22 Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment (equipment for handling life-boats or the like B63B23/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 9/26 Cast or life lines; Attachments thereto; Containers therefor; (adaptations of aerial cableways to shipboard use B63B27/18; guns for line throwing F41F; line-carrying missiles F42B12/68) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B63C 9/28 Adaptations of vessel parts or furnishings to life-saving purposes 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