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A63F 13/26

having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth

Full Title

Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions > Output arrangements for video game devices > having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth

Filing statistics

CPC A63F 13/26 belongs to the parent subclass A63F, which recorded 94,006 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 5,890 in 2013 to 9,960 in 2023 (+69%), peaking at 11,044 applications in 2021. 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

Top Applicants

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

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