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)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
CPC: 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)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
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)
Additional Content IPC
Board games or raffle games Roulette games Miniature bowling games Bagatelle or similar games Billiards or pocket billiards
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 7 additional codes.
7 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- A63F 7/02 using falling playing bodies or playing bodies running on an inclined surface, e.g. pinball games +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A63F 7/06 Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey (table games physically beneficial for the human body, modelled on outdoor sports, e.g. table tennis, A63B67/04) +8 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