obstacles; Targets; Scoring or pocketing devices; Playing-body-actuated sensors, e.g. switches; Tilt indicators;

Introduced: January 1980

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Obstacles; Targets; Scoring or pocketing devices; Playing-body-actuated sensors, e.g. switches; Tilt indicators

CPC: obstacles; Targets; Scoring or pocketing devices; Playing-body-actuated sensors, e.g. switches; Tilt indicators;

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks > Accessories; Details > Obstacles; Targets; Scoring or pocketing devices; Playing-body-actuated sensors, e.g. switches; Tilt indicators

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) > Accessories; Details > obstacles; Targets; Scoring or pocketing devices; Playing-body-actuated sensors, e.g. switches; Tilt indicators;

CPC subdivides this area 7x more granularly than IPC with 6 additional codes.

6 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 5 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

IPC defines codes here since 1980.

Child Classifications

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A63F 2007/3005 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/302 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/3025 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/303 2nd only +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/308 2nd only +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 7/305 +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 7/32 Apparatus for varying scoring values since 1980 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