CPC Main Group
A63G 21/00 Chutes; Helter-skelters
Filing statistics
CPC A63G 21/00 belongs to the parent subclass A63G, which recorded 10,955 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 540 in 2013 to 665 in 2023 (+23%), peaking at 1,676 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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- A63G 21/02 without rails
- A63G 21/04 with fixed rails
- A63G 21/06 with passing arrangements for cars
- A63G 21/08 with additional rotation of cars
- A63G 21/10 with spiral tracks
- A63G 21/12 with special cars, e.g. horse-shaped
- A63G 21/14 with driven slideways
- A63G 21/16 with forced removal of the passenger from the seat
- A63G 21/18 Water-chutes
- A63G 21/20 Slideways with movably suspended cars, or with cars moving on ropes, or the like
- A63G 21/22 Suspended slideways
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