A63F 7/24
Devices controlled by the player to project or roll-off the playing bodies
Official title: Devices controlled by the player to project or roll-off the playing bodies (arrangement of such devices in table alleys, miniature bowling-alleys or bowling games A63D3/02; billiard cues A63D15/08)
A63F7/24 (Devices controlled by the player to project or roll-off the playing bodies) appears on 337 US grants and 195 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 337
- Published applications
- 195
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 572
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13 |
| 2008 | 7 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 11 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13 |
| 2014 | 8 | 6 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8 |
| 2021 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 4 | 10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Football/soccer action board game6 Oct 2026US 12,752,182 B2
- Game method for game machine for ticket output15 Sep 2026US 12,734,433 B2KOMUSE Co., Ltd.
- Tabletop shooting game28 Jul 2026US 12,691,368 B2
- Electromagnetic newton ball and ball diverter assembly for a pinball machine21 Apr 2026US 12,605,620 B1Stern Pinball, Inc.
- Desktop elastic launch game device31 Mar 2026US 12,589,288 B2
- Racing game device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208032 A1Big Potato Enterprises Limited
- Tabletop battle game16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102690 A1Tomy International, Inc.
- Marble track piece with multipiece release gate9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097299 A1Global Family Brands, LLC
- Method of Play of Bottlecap Soccer Game2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091304 A1
- Miniature marble run26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054159 A1VILL Ventures LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interactive play for a pinball game129US 5,806,851 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1998
- Amusement game with pinball playfield and combined flipper/four-way switch129US 6,047,962 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 2000
- Multi-directional ball popper for a pinball game127US 5,524,887 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1996
- Illuminable ramp assembly for a pinball game127US 5,944,309 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1999
- Pinball machine having magnetic ball control126US 4,373,725 AWilliams Electronics, Inc. · 1983