A63F 3/00173
Characteristics of game boards, alone or in relation to supporting structures or
Official title: {Characteristics of game boards, alone or in relation to supporting structures or playing piece}
A63F3/00173 (Characteristics of game boards, alone or in relation to supporting structures or) appears on 1,341 US grants and 1,108 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 1,341
- Published applications
- 1,108
- Assignees
- 302
- Inventors
- 2,248
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 36 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 24 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 49 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 36 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 3 |
| 2002 | 28 | 22 |
| 2003 | 34 | 45 |
| 2004 | 24 | 39 |
| 2005 | 23 | 61 |
| 2006 | 25 | 55 |
| 2007 | 25 | 41 |
| 2008 | 10 | 40 |
| 2009 | 12 | 41 |
| 2010 | 23 | 43 |
| 2011 | 19 | 39 |
| 2012 | 32 | 53 |
| 2013 | 32 | 47 |
| 2014 | 24 | 47 |
| 2015 | 22 | 49 |
| 2016 | 21 | 47 |
| 2017 | 28 | 38 |
| 2018 | 28 | 51 |
| 2019 | 28 | 47 |
| 2020 | 30 | 47 |
| 2021 | 22 | 38 |
| 2022 | 31 | 52 |
| 2023 | 19 | 56 |
| 2024 | 25 | 37 |
| 2025 | 31 | 36 |
| 2026 | 15 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63F 3/00261Details of game boards676
- A63F 3/00574Connections between board and playing pieces416
- A63F 3/0023Foldable, rollable, collapsible or segmented boards227
- A63F 3/00176Boards having particular shapes207
- A63F 3/00214Three-dimensional game boards190
- A63F 3/0052With a plurality of boards used during one game, i.e. separate game73
- A63F 3/00533Connection of game board or part of game board to supporting structure40
- A63F 3/00529Board game without game board12
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