A63B 37/0098
Rigid hollow balls
Official title: {Rigid hollow balls, e.g. for pétanque}
A63B37/0098 (Rigid hollow balls) appears on 26 US grants and 49 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 26
- Published applications
- 49
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
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| 2025 | 4 | 17 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Low spin golf ball comprising a mantle having a hollow interior114US 6,120,393 ASpalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. · 2000
- Game ball78US 5,123,659 AWilson Sporting Goods Co. · 1992
- Automated remote play cue sport system28US 9,248,368 B2Toccata Gaming International, LLC · 2016
- Hollow solid golf ball25US 6,315,683 B1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. · 2001
- Oblong throwing ball with central passage18US 8,932,160 B12015