A63B 63/00
Targets or goals for ball games
Official title: Targets or goals for ball games (golf cups A63B57/40)
A63B63/00 (Targets or goals for ball games) appears on 2,700 US grants and 2,400 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 2,700
- Published applications
- 2,400
- Assignees
- 725
- Inventors
- 4,016
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 27 | 0 |
| 1989 | 48 | 0 |
| 1990 | 48 | 0 |
| 1991 | 55 | 0 |
| 1992 | 60 | 0 |
| 1993 | 48 | 0 |
| 1994 | 83 | 0 |
| 1995 | 64 | 0 |
| 1996 | 91 | 0 |
| 1997 | 60 | 0 |
| 1998 | 88 | 0 |
| 1999 | 76 | 0 |
| 2000 | 50 | 0 |
| 2001 | 61 | 23 |
| 2002 | 59 | 71 |
| 2003 | 62 | 77 |
| 2004 | 59 | 89 |
| 2005 | 56 | 81 |
| 2006 | 65 | 94 |
| 2007 | 65 | 89 |
| 2008 | 54 | 88 |
| 2009 | 44 | 86 |
| 2010 | 69 | 85 |
| 2011 | 51 | 89 |
| 2012 | 65 | 107 |
| 2013 | 64 | 83 |
| 2014 | 68 | 86 |
| 2015 | 60 | 110 |
| 2016 | 83 | 117 |
| 2017 | 71 | 121 |
| 2018 | 60 | 110 |
| 2019 | 98 | 109 |
| 2020 | 91 | 115 |
| 2021 | 87 | 121 |
| 2022 | 52 | 88 |
| 2023 | 50 | 97 |
| 2024 | 62 | 100 |
| 2025 | 53 | 91 |
| 2026 | 62 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63B 63/08Targets or goals for ball games: with substantially horizontal opening for ball1,166
- A63B 63/004Goals of the type used for football, handball, hockey or the like472
- A63B 2063/001Targets or goals with ball-returning meansIndexing code435
- A63B 63/06Revolving targets163
- A63B 2063/002Variable in sizeIndexing code136
- A63B 63/007Target zones without opening defined on a substantially horizontal surface135
- A63B 63/008Goals for rugby or american football76
- A63B 63/003Non-electronic means for locating the point of impact on a target or43
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