A63F 3/00
Board games
Official title: Board games; Raffle games
A63F3/00 (Board games) appears on 7,496 US grants and 6,459 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 7,496
- Published applications
- 6,459
- Assignees
- 1,682
- Inventors
- 11,003
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 105 | 0 |
| 1977 | 139 | 0 |
| 1978 | 114 | 0 |
| 1979 | 73 | 0 |
| 1980 | 130 | 0 |
| 1981 | 107 | 0 |
| 1982 | 91 | 0 |
| 1983 | 78 | 0 |
| 1984 | 88 | 0 |
| 1985 | 94 | 0 |
| 1986 | 86 | 0 |
| 1987 | 108 | 0 |
| 1988 | 92 | 0 |
| 1989 | 133 | 0 |
| 1990 | 155 | 0 |
| 1991 | 184 | 0 |
| 1992 | 194 | 0 |
| 1993 | 165 | 0 |
| 1994 | 194 | 0 |
| 1995 | 178 | 0 |
| 1996 | 181 | 0 |
| 1997 | 187 | 0 |
| 1998 | 264 | 0 |
| 1999 | 215 | 0 |
| 2000 | 199 | 0 |
| 2001 | 219 | 79 |
| 2002 | 254 | 243 |
| 2003 | 240 | 306 |
| 2004 | 184 | 348 |
| 2005 | 135 | 372 |
| 2006 | 146 | 427 |
| 2007 | 149 | 395 |
| 2008 | 155 | 362 |
| 2009 | 127 | 285 |
| 2010 | 158 | 269 |
| 2011 | 138 | 233 |
| 2012 | 168 | 286 |
| 2013 | 181 | 252 |
| 2014 | 164 | 281 |
| 2015 | 112 | 226 |
| 2016 | 104 | 269 |
| 2017 | 144 | 215 |
| 2018 | 155 | 204 |
| 2019 | 168 | 221 |
| 2020 | 167 | 198 |
| 2021 | 113 | 155 |
| 2022 | 139 | 187 |
| 2023 | 121 | 199 |
| 2024 | 120 | 185 |
| 2025 | 123 | 142 |
| 2026 | 58 | 120 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63F 3/00003Types of board games3,574
- A63F 3/00173Characteristics of game boards, alone or in relation to supporting structures or1,341
- A63F 3/06Lottos or bingo games1,288
- A63F 3/04Geographical or like games1,040
- A63F 3/00697Playing pieces706
- A63F 3/00643Electric board games636
- A63F 3/08Raffle games that can be played by a fairly large number of402
- A63F 3/00895Accessories for board games388
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Prize redemption system for games1,665US 5,816,918 ARLT Acquistion, Inc. · 1998
- Method of playing game and gaming games with an additional payout indicator1,482US 5,848,932 AAnchor Gaming · 1998
- Open architecture casino operating system1,441US 5,770,533 A1998
- Method of playing game and gaming device with an additional payout indicator1,287US 5,823,874 AAnchor Gaming · 1998
- Electronic gaming apparatus and method1,238US 5,393,057 A1995