A63H 19/00
Model railways
Official title: Model railways (propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track A63H18/00)
A63H19/00 (Model railways) appears on 540 US grants and 360 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63H- Granted patents
- 540
- Published applications
- 360
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 655
- Latest grant
- 17 Jun 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 4 |
| 2002 | 16 | 10 |
| 2003 | 26 | 22 |
| 2004 | 15 | 33 |
| 2005 | 19 | 30 |
| 2006 | 15 | 31 |
| 2007 | 18 | 16 |
| 2008 | 24 | 28 |
| 2009 | 10 | 14 |
| 2010 | 20 | 17 |
| 2011 | 25 | 13 |
| 2012 | 13 | 16 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 |
| 2014 | 12 | 19 |
| 2015 | 11 | 13 |
| 2016 | 9 | 18 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7 |
| 2018 | 12 | 10 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multi-channel model train sound optimization system and method17 Jun 2025US 12,330,078 B2
- Track running toy8 Apr 2025US 12,268,975 B2Agatsuma Co., Ltd.
- Toy vehicle track system23 Apr 2024US 11,964,215 B2Mattel, Inc.
- Rolling vehicle track9 Apr 2024US 11,951,409 B2Great Coasters, Inc.
- Toy system17 Oct 2023US 11,786,833 B2Moose Creative Management Pty Limited
- Toy vehicle and track system7 May 2026US 2026/0124551 A1
- System and Method for Model Train Control30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115611 A1Lionel L.L.C.
- Driving device for toy vehicle and toy vehicle cross-reference to related application19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077273 A1Eishindo Co., Ltd.
- Train set structure13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345716 A1
- Assembly toy and decorative connector for an assembly toy14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256216 A1Melissa & Doug, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of generating continuous non-looped sound effects202US 5,633,985 A1997
- Ultrasonic wave nebulizer117US 5,312,281 ATDK Corporation · 1994
- Smoke generation system for model toy applications93US 6,280,278 B1M.T.H. Electric Trains · 2001
- Smart smoke unit87US 7,297,045 B2Lionel L.L.C. · 2007
- Control of model vehicles on a track76US 5,749,547 A1998