Skis or snowboards (sledges with runners, e.g. ski-bobs, B62B13/00; runners for sledges B62B17/02; runners for carrying wheeled vehicles to facilitate travel on snow or ice B62B19/00)

Filing statistics

CPC A63C 5/00 belongs to the parent subclass A63C, which recorded 11,007 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 1,027 in 2013 to 600 in 2023 (-42%), peaking at 1,320 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class A63 are NETEASE (4,324 applications), TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY (3,255 applications) and SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT (2,643 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

12 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A63C 5/003
A63C 5/006
A63C 5/02 collapsible; divided
A63C 5/025 Short skis
A63C 5/03 Mono skis; Snowboards
A63C 5/035 with ground engaging rolls or belts
A63C 5/04 Structure of the surface thereof
A63C 5/06 with special devices thereon, e.g. steering devices
A63C 5/08 motor-driven (A63C5/035 takes precedence; )
A63C 5/11 combined with sails or the like
A63C 5/12 Making thereof; Selection of particular materials (materials for the running sole A63C5/056)
A63C 5/16 Devices enabling skis to be used whilst held in a particular configuration with respect to each other, e.g. for training purposes

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A63, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

NETEASE 4,324
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 3,255
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT JP 2,643
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY CN 2,353
UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS US 2,005
KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION US 1,883
ACUSHNET COMPANY US 1,495
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 1,272
NINTENDO COMPANY JP 1,260
SONY CORPORATION JP 1,169