Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
Subclass:: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS

Filing statistics

IPC B63C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B63C, which recorded 34,323 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,822 in 2013 to 3,822 in 2023 (+110%), peaking at 3,998 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B63 are SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES (5,719 applications), DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY (4,684 applications) and HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY (3,015 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

DOCK(S)dry DOCK(S) for vessels or flying boats

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Child Classifications

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B63C 1/02 Floating dry-docks
B63C 1/08 Dry docks
B63C 1/1 Centring devices
B63C 1/12 Docks adapted for special vessels, e.g. submarines

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