A63B 65/12
Ball-throwing apparatus with or without catchers
Official title: Ball-throwing apparatus with or without catchers {(hand-held throwing or catching aids A63B59/20); Mechanical projectors, e.g. using spring force}
A63B65/12 (Ball-throwing apparatus with or without catchers) appears on 147 US grants and 140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 147
- Published applications
- 140
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 302
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 11 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Foldable ball throwing device, with light charging of a glow-in-the-dark ball17 Mar 2026US 12,576,322 B1Gramercy Products, Inc.
- Throwing club with counterweight at handle thereof30 Sep 2025US 12,427,387 B2Jiangsu Zhongheng Pet Articles Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for real-time state estimation of fast-moving objects13 May 2025US 12,299,899 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Compact ball launching system and associated methods4 Feb 2025US 12,214,269 B2Hydrogen Sports LLC
- Pet toy8 Oct 2024US 12,108,740 B2Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Throwing rod structure5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061276 A1Ningbo Sincere Holding Group Co., Ltd
- Ball Scooping, Flicking, and Hitting Device19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048305 A1
- Method of Using a Game Stick19 Jun 2025US 2025/0195968 A1New Swarm Sports LLC
- Game using tangible projectile throwing device12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186848 A1
- Scoop and ball toss to bucket game10 Apr 2025US 2025/0114679 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ball throwing assistant484US 6,539,931 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2003
- Lacrosse head netting with a shallow pocket46US 7,211,009 B2Warrior Lacrosse, Inc. · 2007
- Athletic swinging training system, method, and apparatus42US 8,668,602 B12014
- Throwing device33US 9,303,942 B22016
- Lacrosse head netting with a shallow pocket31US 7,331,884 B2Warrior Sports, Inc. · 2008