A63F 13/20
Input arrangements for video game devices
A63F13/20 (Input arrangements for video game devices) appears on 11,028 US grants and 14,054 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 11,028
- Published applications
- 14,054
- Assignees
- 2,682
- Inventors
- 17,395
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 34 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 63 | 0 |
| 1999 | 71 | 0 |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 |
| 2001 | 91 | 73 |
| 2002 | 105 | 145 |
| 2003 | 104 | 132 |
| 2004 | 88 | 140 |
| 2005 | 65 | 208 |
| 2006 | 74 | 279 |
| 2007 | 49 | 304 |
| 2008 | 90 | 329 |
| 2009 | 88 | 363 |
| 2010 | 161 | 394 |
| 2011 | 206 | 487 |
| 2012 | 353 | 615 |
| 2013 | 443 | 589 |
| 2014 | 540 | 697 |
| 2015 | 508 | 607 |
| 2016 | 585 | 700 |
| 2017 | 702 | 817 |
| 2018 | 615 | 835 |
| 2019 | 857 | 862 |
| 2020 | 884 | 920 |
| 2021 | 816 | 843 |
| 2022 | 714 | 788 |
| 2023 | 689 | 843 |
| 2024 | 727 | 881 |
| 2025 | 661 | 662 |
| 2026 | 339 | 541 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Controller6 Oct 2026US 12,752,183 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Gamepad6 Oct 2026US 12,752,184 B2Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Game controller6 Oct 2026US 12,752,185 B2Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- External controller having heat dissipator6 Oct 2026US 12,752,186 B2Dexin Corporation
- Gaming machine with a curved display6 Oct 2026US 12,752,187 B2Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.
- Gamified physical therapy rehabilitation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306910 A1
- Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing method, and information processing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306938 A1Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Immersive Full-Body Game Control Systems and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306939 A1
- Input device and operation stick unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310309 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Portable game device and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295381 A1Bandai Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distributed electronic entertainment method and apparatus1,916US 7,657,910 B1E-Cast, Inc. · 2010
- Method for treating medical conditions using a microprocessor-based video game1,270US 5,918,603 AHealth Hero Network, Inc. · 1999
- Analog input device to input multi directional signals1,112US 6,589,118 B1Alps Electric Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Remote-auditing of computer generated outcomes, authenticated billing and access control, and software metering system using cryptographic and other protocols1,001US 5,970,143 AWalker Asset Management, L.P. · 1999
- System and method for augmented and virtual reality924US 9,215,293 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2015