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Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)

NYSE: RCL · Water Transportation · Miami, FL · filing with the SEC since 1997
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

37 patents granted to the 2 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Royal Caribbean Group’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
37
36 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 6 in 2024 and 5 in 2023
Applications published
38
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Digital communication7
Computer technology6
Control4
Medical technology2
IT methods for management2
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Furniture, games2
Handling1
Transport1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
37 granted
7 published
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
31 published
Names not counted (2)
CCL Holdings LLC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
White Sand Inc.
Most of its patents print RO; this name counts in LR. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 25, 202512,483,855Distributed muster for ocean-going vesselsDigital communicationRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Mar 18, 202512,251,615Deployable slacklineFurniture, gamesRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Sep 10, 202412,087,140Dynamic programming and vending of a wearableIT methods for managementRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Sep 3, 202412,079,894Guest quarters coordination during musterControlRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Jul 9, 202412,033,745Optimized shipboard telehealthDigital communicationRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Apr 9, 202411,954,956Multifunction smart door deviceControlRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Feb 27, 202411,917,258Enhanced ship-based network connectivity using a content delivery network (CDN) edge serverDigital communicationRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Jan 9, 202411,869,672Contact tracing systems and methods for tracking of shipboard pathogen transmissionMedical technologyRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Nov 21, 202311,819,865Water-based pyrotechnic illusionElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Nov 7, 202311,812,327Distributed muster for ocean-going vesselsDigital communicationRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 30, 20252025/0336159NESTED MIXED REALITY VOYAGESComputer technologyRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Aug 7, 20252025/0249987MODULAR SHIP CABINSTransportRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Oct 24, 20242024/0355159MULTIFUNCTION SMART DOOR DEVICEControlRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
May 30, 20242024/0177381PHOTOGRAPHIC SOUVENIR AUGMENTATIONComputer technologyRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
May 16, 20242024/0163635DISTRIBUTED MUSTER FOR OCEAN-GOING VESSELSDigital communicationRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. · patent 12,483,855 granted from it
Jan 11, 20242024/0009500DEPLOYABLE SLACKLINEFurniture, gamesRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. · patent 12,251,615 granted from it
Mar 16, 20232023/0078360ENHANCED SHIP-BASED NETWORK CONNECTIVITY USING A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN) EDGE SERVERDigital communicationRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. · patent 11,917,258 granted from it
Mar 16, 20232023/0077389DEPLOYABLE SLACKLINEFurniture, gamesRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. · patent 11,766,583 granted from it
Mar 9, 20232023/0075647SOCIALLY DISTANT SEATING ARRANGEMENT MANAGEMENTComputer technologyRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Mar 2, 20232023/0069284WATER-BASED PYROTECHNIC ILLUSIONElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. · patent 11,819,865 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 2 · Furniture, games 1 · Digital communication 1 · Control 1 · Transport 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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