F41J 3/0033
Dartboards for use with safety darts
Official title: {Dartboards for use with safety darts}
F41J3/0033 (Dartboards for use with safety darts) appears on 48 US grants and 27 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41J- Granted patents
- 48
- Published applications
- 27
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 81
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F41J 3/0042Having perforations for receiving blunt tip darts14
- F41J 3/0057Having a magnetic surface for receiving magnetic tip darts12
- F41J 3/0047Having protrusions for receiving blunt tip darts in between10
- F41J 3/0052Having a hook and loop surface for hook and loop tip darts10
- F41J 3/0038Having a smooth surface especially for suction tips darts4
Recent patents
- Suction dart target game system and method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,617 B2PD Games, LLC
- Dart game apparatus11 Mar 2025US 12,247,812 B1Dongguan Hongyu Plastic Co., Ltd.
- Axe throwing game with automated scoring and axe return5 Dec 2023US 11,833,438 B2Guangzhou Baishun Animation Technology Co.
- Magnetic dartboard15 Aug 2023US 11,725,912 B2
- Gaming system using projectile and target6 Aug 2019US 10,371,491 B2
- Method, Computer Program, And Device For Generating Training Dataset To Identify Hit Location Of Dart Pin22 Feb 2024US 2024/0062418 A1Phoenixdarts Co., Ltd.
- Suction dart target game system and method5 Jan 2023US 2023/0003492 A1PD Games, LLC
- Magnetic dart game with interchangeable game targets1 Dec 2022US 2022/0381540 A1
- Magnetic induction dart and magnetic induction darting system13 Oct 2022US 2022/0325989 A1Asmeditron Inc.
- Axe throwing game with automated scoring and axe return2 Jun 2022US 2022/0168630 A1Guangzhou Baishun Animation Technology Co.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dart game with apertured target plates resiliently mounted64US 4,057,251 AArachnid, Inc. · 1977
- Dart board game31US 3,997,162 ACrown Recreation, Inc. · 1976
- Dart machine with electronic matrix29US 4,561,660 AArachnid, Inc. · 1985
- Target and separable target markers for a dart24US 3,967,823 A1976
- Light and sound emittable dartsboard22US 5,358,253 A1994