A63F 3/00261
Details of game boards
Official title: {Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards}
A63F3/00261 (Details of game boards) appears on 676 US grants and 639 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 676
- Published applications
- 639
- Assignees
- 176
- Inventors
- 1,195
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 |
| 2002 | 12 | 10 |
| 2003 | 19 | 27 |
| 2004 | 6 | 21 |
| 2005 | 14 | 30 |
| 2006 | 13 | 30 |
| 2007 | 16 | 22 |
| 2008 | 5 | 21 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19 |
| 2010 | 13 | 22 |
| 2011 | 13 | 23 |
| 2012 | 17 | 38 |
| 2013 | 15 | 23 |
| 2014 | 15 | 22 |
| 2015 | 12 | 28 |
| 2016 | 11 | 27 |
| 2017 | 15 | 16 |
| 2018 | 16 | 24 |
| 2019 | 18 | 31 |
| 2020 | 20 | 32 |
| 2021 | 15 | 26 |
| 2022 | 20 | 34 |
| 2023 | 12 | 35 |
| 2024 | 17 | 31 |
| 2025 | 23 | 28 |
| 2026 | 11 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63F 2003/00264With rotatable or tiltable partsIndexing code267
- A63F 2003/00359Modular unitsIndexing code90
- A63F 2003/0034With a replaceable part of the playing surfaceIndexing code79
- A63F 2003/00463Details of the playing fieldIndexing code73
- A63F 2003/00394With a surface reliefIndexing code68
- A63F 2003/00406With a vertical game boardIndexing code65
- A63F 2003/00492Details of the rim or side edgeIndexing code53
- A63F 2003/00416With means for hiding a part of the playing fieldIndexing code44
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