IPC Subgroup
B63C 9/087 Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Life-saving in water > Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like > Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body
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
2 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B63C 9/093 using solid buoyant material
- B63C 9/105 having gas-filled compartments
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