Balls or other moving playing bodies, e.g. pinballs, discs

Introduced: January 1980

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks > Accessories; Details > Constructional details not covered by groups , e.g. frames, game boards, guide tracks > Balls or other moving playing bodies, e.g. pinballs, discs

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 > Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, e.g. frames, game boards, guide tracks > Balls or other moving playing bodies, e.g. pinballs, discs

Of 10 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.

10 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 10 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

Child Classifications

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A63F 2007/4006 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4012 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4018 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4025 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4031 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/405 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4062 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4068 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4081 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63F 2007/4087 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only

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