A63B 2102/00
Application of clubs, bats, rackets or the like to the sporting activity
Official title: Application of clubs, bats, rackets or the like to the sporting activity {; particular sports involving the use of balls and clubs, bats, rackets, or the like}
A63B2102/00 (Application of clubs, bats, rackets or the like to the sporting activity) appears on 4,698 US grants and 5,765 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 4,698
- Published applications
- 5,765
- Assignees
- 1,496
- Inventors
- 7,691
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 20 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 55 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 68 | 0 |
| 1998 | 79 | 0 |
| 1999 | 81 | 0 |
| 2000 | 97 | 0 |
| 2001 | 99 | 33 |
| 2002 | 84 | 118 |
| 2003 | 95 | 128 |
| 2004 | 95 | 171 |
| 2005 | 92 | 202 |
| 2006 | 103 | 181 |
| 2007 | 98 | 167 |
| 2008 | 82 | 180 |
| 2009 | 84 | 187 |
| 2010 | 101 | 186 |
| 2011 | 134 | 204 |
| 2012 | 142 | 198 |
| 2013 | 124 | 167 |
| 2014 | 140 | 217 |
| 2015 | 113 | 235 |
| 2016 | 153 | 209 |
| 2017 | 164 | 224 |
| 2018 | 132 | 292 |
| 2019 | 282 | 382 |
| 2020 | 300 | 330 |
| 2021 | 225 | 300 |
| 2022 | 174 | 291 |
| 2023 | 200 | 279 |
| 2024 | 205 | 257 |
| 2025 | 196 | 368 |
| 2026 | 150 | 259 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63B 2102/18Baseball, rounders or similar gamesIndexing code1,608
- A63B 2102/32GolfIndexing code1,484
- A63B 2102/24Ice hockeyIndexing code851
- A63B 2102/02TennisIndexing code637
- A63B 2102/14LacrosseIndexing code596
- A63B 2102/22Field hockeyIndexing code525
- A63B 2102/16Table tennisIndexing code203
- A63B 2102/20CricketIndexing code167
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- A63B 2102/04BadmintonIndexing code102
- A63B 2102/06SquashIndexing code96
- A63B 2102/08Paddle tennis, padel tennis or platform tennisIndexing code86
- A63B 2102/36CroquetIndexing code28
- A63B 2102/34PoloIndexing code24
- A63B 2102/26HurlingIndexing code5
- A63B 2102/30FloorballIndexing code5
- A63B 2102/10BattledoreIndexing code1
- A63B 2102/28BandyIndexing code1
- A63B 2102/38GateballIndexing code1
- A63B 2102/12HanetsukiIndexing code0
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