A63F 9/18
Question-and-answer games
A63F9/18 (Question-and-answer games) appears on 560 US grants and 516 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 560
- Published applications
- 516
- Assignees
- 202
- Inventors
- 1,055
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5 |
| 2002 | 13 | 14 |
| 2003 | 10 | 19 |
| 2004 | 16 | 29 |
| 2005 | 7 | 35 |
| 2006 | 15 | 31 |
| 2007 | 12 | 37 |
| 2008 | 12 | 27 |
| 2009 | 8 | 30 |
| 2010 | 21 | 29 |
| 2011 | 17 | 29 |
| 2012 | 17 | 24 |
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| 2015 | 11 | 23 |
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| 2017 | 13 | 25 |
| 2018 | 10 | 18 |
| 2019 | 14 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10 |
| 2021 | 5 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12 |
| 2023 | 3 | 13 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multi-challenge game with accrued time11 Aug 2026US 12,702,919 B2
- Button-operated game machine2 Jun 2026US 12,643,034 B2
- Word game and method of play28 Apr 2026US 12,611,589 B2U.S.A.Opoly, Inc.
- User activity based cognitive question generation23 Dec 2025US 12,505,237 B2Kyndryl, Inc.
- Shabach16 Sep 2025US 12,415,126 B2
- Turkish coffee makers integrated with artificial intelligence based tasseography system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252746 A1
- Word game and method of play6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224972 A1U.S.A.Opoly, Inc.
- Rotatable toy system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183679 A14M Industrial Development Limited
- Button-operated game machine30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115581 A1
- Intelligent chess device and modular chess device23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108801 A1Fs Giiker Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for playing games and rewarding successful players816US 5,697,844 AResponse Reward Systems L.C. · 1997
- System and method of playing games and rewarding successful players581US 5,916,024 AResponse Reward Systems L.C. · 1999
- Player interactive video gaming device502US 4,593,904 ASyntech International, Inc. · 1986
- Method of combining a casino game with a game of skill366US 5,718,429 A1998
- Method of game play using RFID tracking device330US 6,761,637 B2Creative Kingdoms, LLC · 2004