CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A63F covers the mechanical, structural, and electronic apparatus for traditional and digital games played indoors. It encompasses card games, board games, roulette systems, tabletop games with small moving pieces (such as billiards, pinball, or miniature gaming tables), and video games and electronic gaming systems. This subclass excludes outdoor sports equipment and games (covered under A63B) and focuses on the gaming apparatus itself rather than the rules or gameplay methods. It includes patents for game boards, card shufflers, electronic gaming consoles, game controllers, and the physical hardware enabling gameplay.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

CPC: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

CPC:

CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Of 9 combined children, 7 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 2 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A63F 1/00 Card games +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63F 11/00 Game accessories of general use since 2000 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions since 2000 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63F 2250/00 Miscellaneous game characteristics 2nd only +33 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 2300/00 Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game 2nd only +7 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 3/00 Board games; Raffle games +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63F 5/00 Roulette games +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63F 7/00 Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks (board games or raffle games A63F3/00; roulette games A63F5/00; miniature bowling games A63D3/00; bagatelle or similar games A63D13/00; billiards or pocket billiards A63D15/00) +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63F 9/00 Games not otherwise provided for +9 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC