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B63C 9/00

Life-saving in water

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

Related Keywords

LIFE-SAVING in water

9 direct subcodes

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
  • B63C 9/05 Shark screens, e.g. buoyant means combined with means to surround or otherwise enclose the user
  • B63C 9/06 Floatable closed containers with accommodation for one or more persons inside
  • B63C 9/26 Cast or life lines; Attachments thereto; Containers therefor
  • B63C 9/32 Equipment adapted to use on ice

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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