Billiards, e.g. carom billiards or pocket billiards; Billiard tables (bagatelle A63D13/00)

Filing statistics

CPC A63D 15/00 belongs to the parent subclass A63D, which recorded 1,542 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 118 in 2013 to 80 in 2023 (-32%), peaking at 222 applications in 2018. 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

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Child Classifications

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A63D 15/003
A63D 15/005
A63D 15/006
A63D 15/02 Billiard tables adapted to rest on ordinary tables or the like
A63D 15/04 Billiard tables convertible into other tables, or the like (into beds A47C17/62)
A63D 15/06 Cushions or fastenings therefor
A63D 15/08 Cues
A63D 15/16 Chalk holders
A63D 15/20 Scoring or registering devices
A63D 2015/001
A63D 2015/008

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