IPC Main Group
A63C 19/00 Design or layout of playing courts, rinks, bowling greens or areas for water-skiing; Covers therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- Subclass:
- SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
Filing statistics
IPC A63C 19/00 belongs to the parent subclass A63C, which recorded 15,231 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 1,339 in 2013 to 933 in 2023 (-30%), peaking at 1,803 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class A63 are SANKYO (23,899 applications), SANYO PRODUCT COMPANY (23,718 applications) and DAIICHI SHOKAI COMPANY (13,338 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
athletic or sporting ARENASgrounds for ATHLETICSBOWLING greensCOURTS for gamesplaying or sports GROUND(S)ski JUMPING coursescourts for LAWN(S) tennisLUGING runscourts for PLAYINGboxing RING(S)RINKS for skating, skiing or tobogganingSKATING rinksruns for SLEDStobogganing-runs; luging-runsgrounds for SPORTSWATER skiing areas
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A63C 19/02 Shaping of the surface of courts according to the necessities of the different games
- A63C 19/04 Mats or carpets for courts
- A63C 19/06 Apparatus for setting-out or dividing courts
- A63C 19/1 Ice-skating or roller-skating rinks; Slopes or trails for skiing, ski-jumping or tobogganing
- A63C 19/12 Removable protective covers for courts, rinks or games pitches or the like
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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