IPC Subgroup
B63B 21/56 Towing or pushing equipment
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring > Towing or pushing equipment
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- Subclass:
- SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
Related Keywords
hauling or towing of SHIP(S)
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B63B 21/58 Adaptations of hooks for towing; Towing-hook mountings
- B63B 21/62 characterised by moving of more than one vessel
- B63B 21/64 Equipment for towing or pushing vessels by vehicles or beings moving forward on ground-based paths along water-way
- B63B 21/66 Equipment specially adapted for towing underwater objects or vessels, e.g. fairings for tow-cables
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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