A63F 3/00643
Electric board games
Official title: {Electric board games; Electric features of board games (electric word or number games A63F3/0421; computer chess G06F; electric raffle games A63F3/081)}
A63F3/00643 (Electric board games) appears on 636 US grants and 620 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 636
- Published applications
- 620
- Assignees
- 253
- Inventors
- 1,276
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 13 | 14 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 |
| 2004 | 8 | 21 |
| 2005 | 2 | 21 |
| 2006 | 15 | 24 |
| 2007 | 8 | 19 |
| 2008 | 10 | 35 |
| 2009 | 4 | 26 |
| 2010 | 13 | 35 |
| 2011 | 19 | 27 |
| 2012 | 21 | 44 |
| 2013 | 25 | 40 |
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| 2015 | 23 | 40 |
| 2016 | 23 | 35 |
| 2017 | 31 | 26 |
| 2018 | 23 | 17 |
| 2019 | 27 | 25 |
| 2020 | 22 | 24 |
| 2021 | 13 | 15 |
| 2022 | 23 | 18 |
| 2023 | 12 | 19 |
| 2024 | 15 | 13 |
| 2025 | 13 | 14 |
| 2026 | 5 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Illuminated game board with stackable play pieces3 Mar 2026US 12,564,780 B1
- Smart chess-like game piece positioning and recognition system10 Feb 2026US 12,544,648 B2
- Controlling a display of a computer device6 Jan 2026US 12,515,122 B2King-Com Limited
- Tabletop Game Progress Monitoring System10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263904 A1
- A system for moving objects suitable for a robotic board game3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257126 A1
- Electronic language game3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257127 A1
- Automated multi-layer actuator system for enhanced interaction in board games13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233086 A1
- Decryptor device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151691 A1Fs Giiker Technology Co., Ltd.
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- Pattern reverse keno game method of play455US 6,398,644 B1Mikohn Gaming Corporation · 2002
- Computerized game board444US 5,853,327 ASuper Dimension Ltd. · 1998
- Persistent authenticating mechanism to map real world object presence into virtual world object awareness285US 7,843,471 B2International Business Machines Corporation · 2010