A63F 3/04
Geographical or like games
Official title: Geographical or like games {; Educational games (educational appliances in general G09B)}
A63F3/04 (Geographical or like games) appears on 1,040 US grants and 994 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 1,040
- Published applications
- 994
- Assignees
- 218
- Inventors
- 1,952
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 30 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 42 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 33 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 4 |
| 2002 | 29 | 25 |
| 2003 | 28 | 36 |
| 2004 | 15 | 44 |
| 2005 | 17 | 56 |
| 2006 | 24 | 61 |
| 2007 | 23 | 62 |
| 2008 | 16 | 57 |
| 2009 | 18 | 47 |
| 2010 | 20 | 63 |
| 2011 | 20 | 46 |
| 2012 | 21 | 49 |
| 2013 | 22 | 43 |
| 2014 | 28 | 45 |
| 2015 | 14 | 42 |
| 2016 | 13 | 41 |
| 2017 | 24 | 37 |
| 2018 | 15 | 43 |
| 2019 | 21 | 38 |
| 2020 | 26 | 28 |
| 2021 | 18 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 30 |
| 2023 | 15 | 27 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 |
| 2025 | 9 | 14 |
| 2026 | 2 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63F 3/0423Word games405
- A63F 3/0415Number games192
- A63F 3/0434Geographical games129
- A63F 3/0478Concerning life sciences110
- A63F 3/0457Concerning science or technology95
- A63F 3/0421Electric word or number games82
- A63F 3/0449Concerning history29
- A63F 3/0402For learning languages22
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Recent patents
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- System and method for board game16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199773 A1
- Phonetic game system28 May 2026US 2026/0145050 A1
- Strategic fossil quest board game28 May 2026US 2026/0145052 A1
- Augmented reality vocabulary card game14 May 2026US 2026/0131222 A1Data Mea LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-player interactive electronic game for health education466US 6,210,272 B1Health Hero Network, Inc. · 2001
- Game of chance with multiple paths on a virtual scratch ticket437US 6,761,633 B2GTECH Rhode Island Corporation · 2004
- Laparoscopic surgery simulating game227US 5,295,694 A1994
- Vectorial and Mancala-like games, apparatus and methods147US 4,569,526 AGamma-Delta Games, Inc. · 1986
- Sensing device with interchangeable nibs144US 6,627,870 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2003