A63F 3/02
Chess
Official title: Chess; Similar board games
A63F3/02 (Chess) appears on 362 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 362
- Published applications
- 429
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 755
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 20 |
| 2006 | 13 | 25 |
| 2007 | 8 | 23 |
| 2008 | 7 | 21 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15 |
| 2010 | 11 | 15 |
| 2011 | 1 | 15 |
| 2012 | 6 | 18 |
| 2013 | 11 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 22 |
| 2015 | 7 | 25 |
| 2016 | 3 | 16 |
| 2017 | 8 | 22 |
| 2018 | 8 | 20 |
| 2019 | 6 | 23 |
| 2020 | 13 | 14 |
| 2021 | 8 | 13 |
| 2022 | 11 | 17 |
| 2023 | 7 | 16 |
| 2024 | 14 | 19 |
| 2025 | 9 | 12 |
| 2026 | 7 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Locking member and box thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,974 B2A&A Intelligent (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Physical 3D chess cube with extended walls11 Aug 2026US 12,702,917 B2
- Chessboard toy5 May 2026US 12,616,895 B2
- Modified chess game28 Apr 2026US 12,611,590 B1
- Game and game storage box24 Feb 2026US 12,558,608 B1E-Z D Enterprises, LLC
- ChessWithPass - Method and System for Optional Move Skip in Chess Gameplay1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295374 A1
- Attachable Devices and Methods for Indicating Chess Pawn Promotion and Tournament-Specific Roles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273383 A1
- Interactive Virtual Chess Game10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263905 A1
- Strategy board game10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263906 A1
- A system for moving objects suitable for a robotic board game3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257126 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated game system, method, and device456US 7,704,135 B22010
- Method and apparatus for the production, delivery, and receipt of enhanced e-mail221US 6,360,221 B1Neostar, Inc. · 2002
- Computerized game teaching method208US 5,678,001 A1997
- Maintaining multiple views on a shared stable virtual space185US 8,730,156 B2Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC · 2014
- Apparatus for playing178US 4,666,160 A1987