A63F 7/40
Balls or other moving playing bodies
Official title: Balls or other moving playing bodies, e.g. pinballs, discs
A63F7/40 (Balls or other moving playing bodies) appears on 182 US grants and 126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 182
- Published applications
- 126
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 323
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63F 2007/4031With balls of different colours or other visual characteristicsIndexing code40
- A63F 2007/4068Sliding play elementsIndexing code38
- A63F 2007/4081Ball with a hole sliding over a guideIndexing code22
- A63F 2007/4087Tethered ballsIndexing code19
- A63F 2007/405MagneticIndexing code15
- A63F 2007/4018With balls of different dimensionsIndexing code9
- A63F 2007/4006Played with a plurality of identical ballsIndexing code6
- A63F 2007/4012With an excentric center of gravityIndexing code6
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