A63B 37/00
Solid balls
Official title: Solid balls; {Rigid hollow balls; } Marbles (heavy throwing balls A63B65/06)
A63B37/00 (Solid balls) appears on 5,374 US grants and 5,329 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 5,374
- Published applications
- 5,329
- Assignees
- 498
- Inventors
- 2,468
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 48 | 0 |
| 1991 | 54 | 0 |
| 1992 | 42 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 74 | 0 |
| 1997 | 65 | 0 |
| 1998 | 148 | 0 |
| 1999 | 110 | 0 |
| 2000 | 120 | 0 |
| 2001 | 183 | 95 |
| 2002 | 184 | 231 |
| 2003 | 226 | 328 |
| 2004 | 214 | 279 |
| 2005 | 170 | 224 |
| 2006 | 228 | 222 |
| 2007 | 199 | 180 |
| 2008 | 137 | 205 |
| 2009 | 138 | 227 |
| 2010 | 136 | 267 |
| 2011 | 168 | 252 |
| 2012 | 170 | 276 |
| 2013 | 180 | 314 |
| 2014 | 197 | 206 |
| 2015 | 241 | 240 |
| 2016 | 231 | 236 |
| 2017 | 214 | 212 |
| 2018 | 191 | 205 |
| 2019 | 224 | 172 |
| 2020 | 161 | 176 |
| 2021 | 137 | 130 |
| 2022 | 88 | 138 |
| 2023 | 110 | 129 |
| 2024 | 110 | 136 |
| 2025 | 97 | 167 |
| 2026 | 62 | 82 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Golf ball including hybrid core formed via three-dimensional printing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,161 B2Acushnet Company
- Rubber composition and crosslinked rubber molded product6 Oct 2026US 12,753,296 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Baseball sewing device, system, and method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,274 B2Project Predator LLC
- Method and system utilizing imaging analysis for golf balls8 Sep 2026US 12,728,319 B1Callaway Golf Company
- Golf balls having reduced distance25 Aug 2026US 12,714,916 B2Acushnet Company
- Dimple patterns for golf balls8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306912 A1Acushnet Company
- Ball and monitoring system for miniature golf course1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295355 A1
- Golf ball24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284478 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273347 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Foam sports ball17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273348 A1Implus Footcare, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Polyurethane golf ball703US 5,334,673 AAcushnet Company · 1994
- Polyurea composition suitable for a golf ball cover525US 5,484,870 AAcushnet Company · 1996
- Golf ball and method of making same449US 5,803,831 ALisco, Inc. · 1998
- Multilayer golf ball with a thin thermoset outer layer435US 5,885,172 AAcushnet Company · 1999
- Multilayer golf ball433US 5,688,191 AAcushnet Company · 1997