Underwater vehicle for laying a submarine infrastructure cable
US-2026001636-A1 · Jan 1, 2026 · US
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by towing the pipe on or near the bottom
by towing the pipe on or near the bottom · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Engines, pumps, lighting, heating, and mechanical systems.
Related technology areas
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | F16L1/165 |
| Official title | {by towing the pipe on or near the bottom} |
| Display label | by towing the pipe on or near the bottom |
| Total patents | 20 |
Filing trend
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly growing.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Representative patents
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
Initiation of subsea installation operations
US-2025369534-A1 · Dec 4, 2025 · US
Underwater laying device for offshore oil and gas pipelines and laying method thereof
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Underwater laying device for offshore oil and gas pipelines and laying method thereof
US-2025290276-A1 · Sep 18, 2025 · US
Direct tie-in of subsea conduits and structures
US-11867322-B2 · Jan 9, 2024 · US
Pulling Structures into Water
US-2023182868-A1 · Jun 15, 2023 · US
Installing subsea risers
US-11598156-B2 · Mar 7, 2023 · US
Method and system for laying a submarine pipeline
US-11549614-B2 · Jan 10, 2023 · US
Direct Tie-In of Subsea Conduits and Structures
US-2022221083-A1 · Jul 14, 2022 · US
Installing Subsea Risers
US-2022042378-A1 · Feb 10, 2022 · US
Method and system for laying a submarine pipeline
US-2020109797-A1 · Apr 9, 2020 · US
Towable subsea oil and gas production systems
US-10174865-B2 · Jan 8, 2019 · US
Towable Subsea Oil and Gas Production Systems
US-2017146152-A1 · May 25, 2017 · US
Subsea processing of well fluids
US-9644457-B2 · May 9, 2017 · US
Self-propelled underwater vehicles and systems for underground laying a continuous elongated member in a bed of a body of water
US-9523445-B2 · Dec 20, 2016 · US
Digging machine
US-9523181-B2 · Dec 20, 2016 · US
Vertical swivel connection assembly and systems and methods for use thereof
US-9382780-B1 · Jul 5, 2016 · US
Digging machine
US-2016083928-A1 · Mar 24, 2016 · US
Subsea Processing of Well Fluids
US-2015345274-A1 · Dec 3, 2015 · US
Self-propelled underwater vehicles and systems for underground laying a continuous elongated member in a bed of a body of water
US-2015063916-A1 · Mar 5, 2015 · US