A63F 9/0666
Matching elementary shapes to corresponding holes
Official title: {matching elementary shapes to corresponding holes}
A63F9/0666 (Matching elementary shapes to corresponding holes) appears on 68 US grants and 57 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 57
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 143
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Amusement activity station17 Feb 2026US 12,551,780 B2EPR Excavate, LLC
- Manipulation system for the stimulation of cognitive abilities17 Feb 2026US 12,551,781 B2Geri-Gadgets, Ltd.
- Educational toy having multiple drawers25 Nov 2025US 12,478,862 B2
- Clinical apparatus for evaluating and improving manual dexterity21 Oct 2025US 12,447,399 B1Julie Jones Corbett LLC
- Little genius producing puzzles13 May 2025US 12,296,276 B2
- Manipulation system for the stimulation of cognitive abilities16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199775 A1Geri-Gadgets, Ltd.
- Chalkboard based puzzle with printability feature in indented spaces2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303269 A1
- Manipulation system for the stimulation of cognitive abilities12 Sep 2024US 2024/0299838 A1Geri-Gadgets, Ltd.
- Amusement Game Station9 Nov 2023US 2023/0356065 A1Diggerland USA, LLC
- Spinning party and puzzle game12 Oct 2023US 2023/0321524 A1Fayvird Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Jigsaw puzzle toy using blocks57US 5,190,287 AKabushiki Kaisha Gakushu Kenkyusha · 1993
- Puzzle box48US 4,149,717 AOne, Inc. · 1979
- Connecting blocks46US 4,698,023 A1987
- Base frame for game using an electric probe in adaptable configurations43US 7,988,561 B1Hasbro, Inc. · 2011
- Shape sorting educational toy41US 5,139,453 ADart Industries Inc. · 1992