A63F 7/3075
Imparting energy to the ball
Official title: {imparting energy to the ball, e.g. bumper-kickers, reprojectors}
A63F7/3075 (Imparting energy to the ball) appears on 54 US grants and 7 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 54
- Published applications
- 7
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 70
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electromagnetic newton ball and ball diverter assembly for a pinball machine21 Apr 2026US 12,605,620 B1Stern Pinball, Inc.
- User controllable marble run kit11 Jan 2022US 11,219,838 B2Global Family Brands, LLC
- Rotatable ball momentum transfer assembly for an amusement game23 Feb 2021US 10,926,166 B1Stern Pinball, Inc.
- User controllable marble run kit19 May 2020US 10,653,970 B2Global Family Brands, LLC
- Value-variable game of chance19 Mar 2019US 10,235,842 B2Glassman Productions, Inc.
- User Controllable Marble Run Kit3 Sep 2020US 2020/0276505 A1Global Family Brands, LLC
- Multimedia enhancements for replica stadium-type gameplay apparatus16 Jan 2020US 2020/0016479 A1
- User controllable marble run kit3 Jan 2019US 2019/0001232 A1Global Family Brands, LLC
- Value-variable game of chance23 Nov 2017US 2017/0333781 A1Glassman Productions, Inc.
- Electromagnet for an amusement game device5 May 2016US 2016/0121203 A1Stern Pinball, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ball diverter for a pinball game132US 5,507,488 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1996
- Interactive play for a pinball game129US 5,806,851 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1998
- Ball diverter playfield feature for pinball machines128US 4,981,298 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1991
- Multi-directional ball popper for a pinball game127US 5,524,887 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1996
- Rotary ball storage and discharge device for a pinball game126US 5,664,777 AWilliams Electronics Games, Inc. · 1997