A63F 1/02
Cards
Official title: Cards; Special shapes of cards
A63F1/02 (Cards) appears on 312 US grants and 438 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 312
- Published applications
- 438
- Assignees
- 160
- Inventors
- 644
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 8 | 21 |
| 2004 | 6 | 19 |
| 2005 | 4 | 13 |
| 2006 | 2 | 17 |
| 2007 | 1 | 22 |
| 2008 | 8 | 20 |
| 2009 | 6 | 24 |
| 2010 | 7 | 21 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 |
| 2012 | 10 | 12 |
| 2013 | 11 | 19 |
| 2014 | 13 | 18 |
| 2015 | 7 | 20 |
| 2016 | 9 | 20 |
| 2017 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 12 | 16 |
| 2019 | 11 | 23 |
| 2020 | 11 | 17 |
| 2021 | 13 | 14 |
| 2022 | 10 | 20 |
| 2023 | 6 | 15 |
| 2024 | 6 | 21 |
| 2025 | 9 | 24 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Augmented reality physical card games29 Sep 2026US 12,746,455 B2Snap Inc.
- Playing card dealing shoe activation device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,539 B2The United States Playing Card Company
- Game systems and methods7 Jul 2026US 12,673,254 B2The Upper Deck Company
- X-squared math card game13 Jan 2026US 12,525,142 B2
- Multi-round wager accumulation game6 Jan 2026US 12,515,118 B2
- Educational system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279210 A1Ecsel LLC
- Audio Matching Memory Game20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241269 A1Green Straw LLC
- Board game toy and component thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241270 A1Bandai Co., Ltd.
- Card game23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208029 A1
- Blackjack and wagering gaming methods and systems23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112251 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Playing card coding system and apparatus for dealing coded cards361US 4,534,562 ATyler Griffin Company · 1985
- Device for reading and distributing cards, in particular playing cards257US 4,822,050 AActiciel S.A. · 1989
- Method of making coded playing cards having machine-readable coding229US 5,259,907 ATechnical Systems Corp. · 1993
- Computer gaming device with playing pieces169US 5,791,988 A1998
- Playing cards with separable components138US 7,510,194 B2Bally Gaming, Inc. · 2009