A63F 13/73
Authorising game programs or game devices
Official title: Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
A63F13/73 (Authorising game programs or game devices) appears on 775 US grants and 978 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 775
- Published applications
- 978
- Assignees
- 333
- Inventors
- 1,550
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2003 | 8 | 12 |
| 2004 | 4 | 13 |
| 2005 | 6 | 20 |
| 2006 | 3 | 18 |
| 2007 | 3 | 23 |
| 2008 | 10 | 27 |
| 2009 | 3 | 15 |
| 2010 | 12 | 22 |
| 2011 | 15 | 27 |
| 2012 | 19 | 35 |
| 2013 | 29 | 34 |
| 2014 | 33 | 38 |
| 2015 | 34 | 51 |
| 2016 | 41 | 44 |
| 2017 | 52 | 46 |
| 2018 | 42 | 51 |
| 2019 | 49 | 48 |
| 2020 | 55 | 66 |
| 2021 | 61 | 55 |
| 2022 | 57 | 60 |
| 2023 | 63 | 95 |
| 2024 | 54 | 62 |
| 2025 | 61 | 47 |
| 2026 | 22 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Compact hand-held video game system479US 5,184,830 ANintendo Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Secure authorization and control method and apparatus for a game delivery service332US 5,654,746 AScientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 1997
- System for preventing the use of an unauthorized external memory325US 5,134,391 ANintendo Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Video game system using memory module316US 6,022,274 ANintendo Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Live-action interactive adventure game287US 6,967,566 B2Creative Kingdoms, LLC · 2005