A63B 45/00
Apparatus or methods for manufacturing balls
Official title: Apparatus or methods for manufacturing balls (working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29)
A63B45/00 (Apparatus or methods for manufacturing balls) appears on 1,311 US grants and 1,440 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 1,311
- Published applications
- 1,440
- Assignees
- 247
- Inventors
- 1,203
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 33 | 47 |
| 2003 | 41 | 73 |
| 2004 | 42 | 54 |
| 2005 | 35 | 45 |
| 2006 | 45 | 54 |
| 2007 | 32 | 50 |
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| 2009 | 38 | 66 |
| 2010 | 33 | 62 |
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| 2012 | 45 | 80 |
| 2013 | 58 | 116 |
| 2014 | 50 | 72 |
| 2015 | 90 | 89 |
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| 2019 | 66 | 55 |
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| 2021 | 36 | 46 |
| 2022 | 27 | 28 |
| 2023 | 37 | 40 |
| 2024 | 31 | 42 |
| 2025 | 22 | 31 |
| 2026 | 20 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sport ball29 Sep 2026US 12,746,437 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for forming golf ball dual cores1 Sep 2026US 12,722,331 B1Acushnet Company
- Coating free, finished golf ball with ionomer cover18 Aug 2026US 12,708,818 B2Acushnet Company
- Multi-axis holding device for golf ball orienting and printing7 Jul 2026US 12,673,242 B2Acushnet Company
- Tennis balls16 Jun 2026US 12,654,071 B2J Price (Bath) Limited
- Ink cup assembly with non-magnetic force mechanism1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295990 A1Acushnet Company
- Method for manufacturing golf ball10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264190 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Sport ball with mechanism for minimizing incongruous deformation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241239 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Single pass printing for spherical balls6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225380 A1Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
- Colored golf ball30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216568 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Golf ball389US 4,650,193 ASpalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc. · 1987
- Ball and process and composition of matter for production thereof361US 4,123,061 AAcushnet Company · 1978
- Golf ball covers360US 5,692,974 AAcushnet Company · 1997
- Method of molding polyurethane covered golf balls271US 5,006,297 AAcushnet Company · 1991
- Method of making a golf ball with a multi-layer core256US 6,056,842 AAcushnet Company · 2000