TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A63H covers the design and manufacture of toys and play articles intended for entertainment and amusement, including mechanical, structural, and functional aspects of toy construction. This subclass encompasses traditional toys such as tops, dolls, hoops, and building blocks, as well as puzzle toys, figurines, action toys, and similar recreational objects designed for children or general play. The classification includes innovations in toy mechanisms, materials, assembly systems, and interactive features that enhance play value. Related toy-adjacent technologies involving sports equipment or electronic gaming are classified separately under A63B (sports) and A63F (electronic games/amusements).

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

Toy Toys A plaything to be actively played with by children or others; something contrived for amusement rather than for practical or serious use. Toy figure Toy figures A toy that is a caricature or a stylised or symbolic form of a human being, animal, cartoon, fictional character or mythological being.

Limiting references

Blowing smoke-rings Changeable or secret pictures Firecrackers Hand-thrown impact-exploded noise makers Kaleidoscopes

Application references

Throwing toys as part of a game Traffic games with figures moved by players Spring toy guns Examples (not mentioned above) of devices, articles or apparatus which are applicable to humans instead of toys, or of "full-size" working devices or machines with a practical use: . Eyelashes, eyebrows for humans Artificial eyes for humans Picture books Parachutes for aeronautics Ultra-small engines, e.g. for driving models Models or scenery for general purposes Music, sound or noise production in general Transformers Electric motors per se Converters

Of 21 combined children, 19 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions, 1 exist only in IPC.

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

8 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A63H 1/00 Tops (diabolos or similar thrown and caught spinning tops or throwing and catching devices therefor A63B67/16; flying tops ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 11/00 Self-movable toy figures +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 13/00 Toy figures with self-moving parts, with or without movement of the toy as a whole +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 15/00 Other gravity-operated toy figures IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 17/00 Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; Accessories therefor (traffic games with figures moved by players A63F9/14) +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 18/00 Highways or trackways for toys (railway permanent way A63H19/30; for special railways A63H21/00); Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 19/00 Model railways (propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track A63H18/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 21/00 Other toy railways IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A63H 23/00 Toy boats; Floating toys; Other aquatic toy devices +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 25/00 Toy steam, gas, or compressed-air engines −1 IPC IPC only IPC only
A63H 27/00 Toy aircraft; Other flying toys (toys with parachutes A63H33/20) +9 CPC −9 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 29/00 Drive mechanisms for toys in general IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 3/00 Dolls +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 30/00 Remote-control arrangements specially adapted for toys, e.g. for toy vehicles (steering mechanisms for toy vehicles A63H17/36; for model railways A63H19/24, A63H19/28) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 31/00 Gearing for toys (gearing in general F16H) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 33/00 Other toys +8 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 37/00 Jokes; Confetti, streamers, or other dance favours since 1985 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 5/00 Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical (musical tops A63H1/28; ; music, sound or noise production in general G10) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A63H 7/00 Toy figures led or propelled by the user 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