A63B 61/003
Nets for tennis or like games or accessories therefor
Official title: {Nets for tennis or like games or accessories therefor (straining or adjusting devices on the posts A63B61/02)}
A63B61/003 (Nets for tennis or like games or accessories therefor) appears on 141 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 141
- Published applications
- 143
- Assignees
- 50
- Inventors
- 238
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026 | 8 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ball collecting and returning installation11 Aug 2026US 12,702,899 B2Court 16, Inc.
- Portable sports net11 Aug 2026US 12,702,911 B1Leap Products LLC
- Portable pickleball training net14 Jul 2026US 12,678,676 B2
- Glare-reducing lighting system for an indoor pickleball court7 Jul 2026US 12,674,553 B2Picklr, Inc.
- Devices, systems and methods for using and monitoring sports equipment and sports activities5 May 2026US 12,616,874 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Glare-reducing lighting system for an indoor pickleball court24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287132 A1
- Devices, systems and methods for using and monitoring sports equipment and sports activities13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233058 A1Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Sports net restraining device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224957 A1
- Apparatuses and methods for assisting users to practice badminton serves2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183638 A1
- Portable water volleyball instrument2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183640 A1Yongkang Fodo Sports Co.,Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Volleyball training apparatus56US 6,659,893 B1Airborne Athletics, Inc. · 2003
- Portable net device55US 6,554,717 B22003
- Adjustable ball court system and method for handicapping a contest41US 5,976,039 A1999
- Out-of-bounds wand for volleyball net and support strap30US 3,940,139 A1976
- Target apparatus and methods for playing new target games26US 6,135,456 A2000