A63F 9/06
Patience
Official title: Patience; Other games for self-amusement
A63F9/06 (Patience) appears on 1,986 US grants and 1,387 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 1,986
- Published applications
- 1,387
- Assignees
- 610
- Inventors
- 3,112
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 36 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 26 | 0 |
| 1980 | 35 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 36 | 0 |
| 1983 | 46 | 0 |
| 1984 | 62 | 0 |
| 1985 | 49 | 0 |
| 1986 | 35 | 0 |
| 1987 | 37 | 0 |
| 1988 | 35 | 0 |
| 1989 | 74 | 0 |
| 1990 | 40 | 0 |
| 1991 | 45 | 0 |
| 1992 | 61 | 0 |
| 1993 | 52 | 0 |
| 1994 | 58 | 0 |
| 1995 | 56 | 0 |
| 1996 | 54 | 0 |
| 1997 | 54 | 0 |
| 1998 | 73 | 0 |
| 1999 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000 | 45 | 0 |
| 2001 | 44 | 7 |
| 2002 | 36 | 27 |
| 2003 | 34 | 45 |
| 2004 | 32 | 44 |
| 2005 | 15 | 66 |
| 2006 | 25 | 50 |
| 2007 | 23 | 52 |
| 2008 | 18 | 56 |
| 2009 | 20 | 63 |
| 2010 | 23 | 82 |
| 2011 | 28 | 53 |
| 2012 | 31 | 67 |
| 2013 | 43 | 55 |
| 2014 | 30 | 62 |
| 2015 | 43 | 54 |
| 2016 | 31 | 54 |
| 2017 | 37 | 58 |
| 2018 | 36 | 56 |
| 2019 | 49 | 45 |
| 2020 | 44 | 61 |
| 2021 | 36 | 56 |
| 2022 | 50 | 67 |
| 2023 | 33 | 58 |
| 2024 | 38 | 56 |
| 2025 | 52 | 50 |
| 2026 | 21 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63F 9/08Puzzles provided with elements movable in relation, i.e. movably connected, to each621
- A63F 9/10Two-dimensional [2d] jig-saw puzzles494
- A63F 9/12Three-dimensional [3d] jig-saw puzzles454
- A63F 9/0613Puzzles or games based on the use of optical filters or elements231
- A63F 9/0641Using a marker or means for drawing149
- A63F 9/0612Electronic puzzles108
- A63F 9/0669Tesselation86
- A63F 9/0666Matching elementary shapes to corresponding holes68
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotatable demountable blocks of several shapes on a central elastic anchor508US 5,302,148 A1994
- Transformable linked self-assembly system488US 9,004,799 B12015
- Coded playing cards and apparatus for dealing a set of cards417US 5,067,713 ATechnical Systems Corp. · 1991
- Systems and methods of using wireless location, context, and/or one or more communication networks for monitoring for, preempting, and/or mitigating pre-identified behavior368US 10,477,342 B22019
- Skill-based card game326US 5,882,258 ARLT Acquisition, Inc. · 1999