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A63J 5/02

Arrangements for making stage effects; Auxiliary stage appliances

Full Title

Auxiliaries for producing special effects on stages, or in circuses or arenas > Arrangements for making stage effects; Auxiliary stage appliances

Filing statistics

CPC A63J 5/02 belongs to the parent subclass A63J, which recorded 4,907 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 371 in 2013 to 302 in 2023 (-19%), peaking at 610 applications in 2020. 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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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