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A63K 3/02

Starting-appliances, e.g. starting blocks

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Equipment or accessories for racing or riding sports > Starting-appliances, e.g. starting blocks

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
Subclass:
RACING; RIDING SPORTS; EQUIPMENT OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR

Filing statistics

IPC A63K 3/02 belongs to the parent subclass A63K, which recorded 2,000 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 101 in 2013 to 141 in 2023 (+40%), peaking at 273 applications in 2019. 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

starting GATES for racing sportsstarting-appliances for RACE(S)STARTING of races

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