A63B 47/02
Devices for handling or treating balls: for picking-up or collecting
Official title: for picking-up {or collecting}
A63B47/02 (Devices for handling or treating balls: for picking-up or collecting) appears on 785 US grants and 553 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 553
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- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 17 | 28 |
| 2026 | 17 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Extended ball retrieving device and method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,320 B2
- Ball return system and device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,819 B1Global Soccer LLC
- Golf ball recovery systems, apparatus, and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,702,898 B2Mulligan International Inc.
- Ball collecting and returning installation11 Aug 2026US 12,702,899 B2Court 16, Inc.
- Sport ball retrieving system28 Jul 2026US 12,691,338 B2The Ball Caddy, LLC
- Gofahop8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306915 A1
- Gofahop-aider24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284479 A1
- Device for handling golf balls and tees24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284488 A1
- Golf ball recovery systems, apparatus, and methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257108 A1Mulligan International Inc.
- Golf ball recovery systems, apparatus, and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249140 A1Mulligan International Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Golf club with ball retrieval and tee placement166US 6,878,071 B12005
- Participatory play structure having discrete play articles153US 5,853,332 A1998
- Golf club head with a three-dimensional alignment member and methods to manufacture golf club heads130US 8,109,838 B2Karsten Manufacturing Corporation · 2012
- Identifying golf balls129US 6,607,123 B1S World Golf Systems Ltd. · 2003
- Golf putter128US 6,379,259 B12002