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A63H 5/04

Pistols or machine guns operated without detonators; Crackers

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Musical or noise-producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical > Pistols or machine guns operated without detonators; Crackers

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
Subclass:
TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS

Filing statistics

IPC A63H 5/04 belongs to the parent subclass A63H, which recorded 61,908 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 4,269 in 2013 to 4,540 in 2023 (+6%), peaking at 7,074 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

toy CRACKER(S)toy FIREARMS without detonatorstoy GUNS without detonatorstoy PISTOLS without detonatorsPOPGUNS without detonators

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A63, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SANKYO 23,899
  2. SANYO PRODUCT COMPANY 23,718
  3. DAIICHI SHOKAI COMPANY 13,338
  4. KYORAKU SANGYO 10,447
  5. UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 9,545
  6. SANEI R & D COMPANY 9,135
  7. SAMMY CORPORATION 7,126
  8. NEWGIN CORPORATION 5,651
  9. NETEASE 4,877
  10. HEIWA CORPORATION 3,938