A63F 7/0604
Type of ball game
Official title: {Type of ball game (A63F7/0672 and A63F7/0684 take precedence)}
A63F7/0604 (Type of ball game) appears on 344 US grants and 243 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 344
- Published applications
- 243
- Assignees
- 116
- Inventors
- 542
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 18 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 7 | 11 |
| 2008 | 8 | 11 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 |
| 2016 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 3 | 15 |
| 2019 | 12 | 11 |
| 2020 | 15 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63F 7/0608Baseball73
- A63F 7/0632Hockey73
- A63F 7/0612Basketball71
- A63F 7/0628Golf71
- A63F 7/0616Football or soccer63
- A63F 7/0652Tennis16
- A63F 7/0624Croquet3
- A63F 7/0656Volleyball3
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