A63K RACING; RIDING SPORTS; EQUIPMENT OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
Introduced: September 1968
Description
This subclass covers equipment, apparatus, and accessories specifically designed for racing and equestrian sports activities. It encompasses riding gear, safety equipment, training devices, and specialized apparel used in horse racing, harness racing, show jumping, and other mounted sports. The classification includes items such as saddles, bridles, stirrups, protective helmets, and starting gates, as well as ancillary equipment for track preparation and race management. Adjacent classes address general sporting equipment (A63B) and other amusement activities outside the scope of mounted and racing sports.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.
Child Classifications
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- A63K 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 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