IPC Main Group
B63B 73/00 Building or assembling vessels or marine structures, e.g. hulls or offshore platforms
Introduced: January 2020
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- Subclass:
- SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B63B 73/1 Building or assembling vessels from prefabricated hull blocks, i.e. complete hull cross-sections
- B63B 73/2 Building or assembling prefabricated vessel modules or parts other than hull blocks, e.g. engine rooms, rudders, propellers, superstructures, berths, holds or tanks
- B63B 73/3 Moving or transporting modules or hull blocks to assembly sites, e.g. by rolling, lifting or floating
- B63B 73/4 characterised by joining methods
- B63B 73/5 characterised by forming methods, e.g. manufacturing of curved blocks
- B63B 73/6 characterised by the use of specific tools or equipment; characterised by automation, e.g. use of robots
- B63B 73/7 characterised by using moulds; Moulds or plugs therefor
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