DIFF Main Group
A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games (golf cups A63B57/40)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Targets or goals for ball games
CPC: Targets or goals for ball games (golf cups A63B57/40)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Targets or goals for ball games
CPC:
Targets or goals for ball games (golf cups A63B57/40)
CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 7 additional codes.
7 codes are CPC-only extensions, 2 exist only in IPC.
Note: 3 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
Child Classifications
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- A63B 63/08 with horizontal opening for ball, e.g. for basketball since 1980 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A63,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SANKYO 23,899
- SANYO PRODUCT COMPANY 23,718
- DAIICHI SHOKAI COMPANY 13,338
- KYORAKU SANGYO 10,447
- UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 9,545
- SANEI R & D COMPANY 9,135
- SAMMY CORPORATION 7,126
- NEWGIN CORPORATION 5,651
- NETEASE 4,877
- HEIWA CORPORATION 3,938
Top Applicants (CPC)
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