Games of pins, e.g. ninepins, with tethered balls

Filing statistics

CPC A63D 7/00 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