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A63J 21/00

Conjuring appliances; Auxiliary apparatus for conjurers

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
Subclass:
DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE

Filing statistics

IPC A63J 21/00 belongs to the parent subclass A63J, which recorded 7,424 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 379 in 2013 to 564 in 2023 (+49%), peaking at 907 applications in 2020. 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

CABINET(S) for conjuringCONJURINGconjuring LEVITATION devicesMIRROR(S) for producing illusions or optical effects in theatresconjuring TRICK apparatus

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