A63B 59/40
Rackets or the like with flat striking surfaces for hitting a ball
Official title: Rackets or the like with flat striking surfaces for hitting a ball in the air, e.g. for table tennis
A63B59/40 (Rackets or the like with flat striking surfaces for hitting a ball) appears on 127 US grants and 335 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 127
- Published applications
- 335
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 403
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 12 |
| 2017 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 13 |
| 2021 | 4 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023 | 5 | 20 |
| 2024 | 6 | 50 |
| 2025 | 13 | 78 |
| 2026 | 16 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic adjusting device for adjusting the position of the center of gravity of an object64US 6,575,854 B12003
- Platform tennis paddle46US 4,379,554 ASkymar Corporation · 1983
- Composite paddle rim36US 4,130,277 AMarcraft Recreation Inc. · 1978
- Hockey stick35US 8,608,597 B22013
- Paddle ball racket with adjustment for flexing33US 4,353,550 A1982