A63F 2007/4087
Tethered balls
Official title: {Tethered balls}
A63F2007/4087 (Tethered balls) appears on 19 US grants and 17 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 19
- Published applications
- 17
- Assignees
- 6
- Inventors
- 32
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Amusement activity station10 Feb 2026US 12,544,651 B2EPR Excavate, LLC
- Pendulum game apparatus3 Jun 2025US 12,318,675 B2
- Pendulum unit and wave pendulum assembly30 May 2023US 11,660,549 B2BTS Trading GmbH
- Mechanical projectile and target game10 Oct 2017US 9,782,666 B2Scienz Group L.L.C.
- Tethered ball toy18 Jul 2017US 9,707,472 B2
- Amusement Game Station9 Nov 2023US 2023/0356063 A1Diggerland USA, LLC
- Cup And Ball Assembly26 Oct 2023US 2023/0338804 A1
- Beer Pong Tabletop Game29 Sep 2022US 2022/0305360 A1
- Pendulum Game Apparatus15 Sep 2022US 2022/0288477 A1
- Pendulum Unit and Wave Pendulum Assembly15 Oct 2020US 2020/0324218 A1BTS Trading GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable sound producing tethered ball toy9US 5,492,335 A1996
- Mechanical projectile and target game8US 9,782,666 B2Scienz Group L.L.C. · 2017
- Simulated volleyball game and air bubble scoring system7US 5,344,142 A1994
- Slingshot-like skill game device and method7US 7,909,329 B12011
- Simulated baseball game5US 3,985,358 ATomy Kogyo Co., Inc. · 1976