A63B 43/008
Balls with special arrangements: with means for improving visibility
Official title: {with means for improving visibility, e.g. special markings or colours (illuminating or reflecting means A63B43/06)}
A63B43/008 (Balls with special arrangements: with means for improving visibility) appears on 391 US grants and 523 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 391
- Published applications
- 523
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 556
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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