A63B 37/14
Special surfaces
Official title: Special surfaces {(A63B37/0004 takes precedence)}
A63B37/14 (Special surfaces) appears on 117 US grants and 134 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 117
- Published applications
- 134
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 226
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Baseball78US 4,256,304 AAthletic Training Equipment Company · 1981
- Football having raised ribs68US 5,133,550 AMattel, Inc. · 1992
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- Corona discharge surface treating method61US 5,466,424 ABridgestone Corporation · 1995
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