| Class Number |
Class Name |
No. of Patents |
| 273/DIG.11 |
Acetal |
6 |
| 273/DIG.16 |
Acrylic |
7 |
| 273/317 |
Aerial projectile game; game element (e.g., target, etc.) or accessory therefor other than projector or projectile, per se |
116 |
| 273/343 |
Hooking or draping projectile and target therefor |
41 |
| 273/336 |
Peg and ring game or pegged target therefor |
53 |
| 273/338 |
Having plural pegs |
35 |
| 273/339 |
Structurally different or nonparallel longitudinal axes |
23 |
| 273/337 |
With mechanical projector |
4 |
| 273/340 |
Playing surface or projectile struck from below to project projectile |
16 |
| 273/410 |
Projectile backstop |
139 |
| 273/330 |
Projectile flexibly tethered to hand-held manipulator |
30 |
| 273/329 |
Projectile tethered to hand-held, apertured manipulator |
14 |
| 273/317.1 |
Simulated game |
92 |
| 273/317.6 |
Baseball |
37 |
| 273/317.9 |
Mechanically batted ball or projectile |
14 |
| 273/317.7 |
Mechanically pitched or projectile ball |
19 |
| 273/317.8 |
Tethered ball or projectile |
4 |
| 273/317.3 |
Basketball |
92 |
| 273/317.5 |
Football |
55 |
| 273/317.2 |
Golf |
36 |
| 273/317.4 |
Tennis |
18 |
| 273/331 |
Target and tethered projectile |
25 |
| 273/335 |
Elastic tether |
4 |
| 273/333 |
Having indicator or indication by movement of target |
12 |
| 273/334 |
Elastic tether |
3 |
| 273/332 |
Tethered ring |
9 |
| 273/348 |
Target |
122 |
| 273/351 |
Game simulating aerial bombing of targets |
17 |
| 273/406 |
Handling or manipulation (e.g., target positioning means) |
101 |
| 273/348.4 |
Having bristled, hooked, or looped surface for adherence of complementarily surfaced projectile thereto |
70 |
| 273/348.3 |
Having magnetized material for adherence of projectile thereto or made from material adapted for adherence thereto of projectile having magnetized material |
28 |
| 273/348.5 |
Having means for nonpenetrating adherence of complementarily surfaced projectile thereto (e.g., tacky surface, etc.) |
13 |
| 273/394 |
Having means to deliver spent projectile to easily accessible location |
30 |
| 273/395 |
Movable conveyor or reprojecting target |
49 |
| 273/396 |
Projectile returned toward the projecting point |
52 |
| 273/397 |
Runway extending between target area and projecting point |
40 |
| 273/354 |
Having means to vary size of projectile-receiving target aperture or target opening |
30 |
| 273/348.2 |
Having suction cup for adherence of projectile thereto or having surface adapted for adherence thereto of projectile having suction cup |
10 |
| 273/348.1 |
Including heating means (i.e., thermal target) |
46 |
| 273/378 |
Indication by movement of target or target having indicating means |
44 |
| 273/381 |
Audible indication |
28 |
| 273/382 |
Projectile passes through aperture to operate indicator |
8 |
| 273/380 |
Frangible or formed from a plurality of separable interconnected elements (e.g., explosion simulating) |
29 |
| 273/383 |
Having projectile-actuated means to free indicator for movement |
10 |
| 273/385 |
Gravity operated indicator |
9 |
| 273/384 |
Indicator is dumped or is projected into the air (e.g., return fire) |
31 |
| 273/379 |
Plural indicators sequentially released |
9 |
| 273/386 |
Target is moved or indicator is moved |
28 |
| 273/387 |
Indicator is moved |
16 |
| 273/388 |
Indicator is alternate target |
9 |
| 273/389 |
Target is opening through which projectile passes to actuate indicator |
19 |
| 273/390 |
Target pivots |
41 |
| 273/391 |
Having restoring means |
37 |
| 273/392 |
Automatic restoring |
61 |
| 273/393 |
Target separates from support |
32 |
| 273/350 |
Liquid buoyant |
43 |
| 273/359 |
Moving |
81 |
| 273/360 |
Airplane towed |
36 |
| 273/361 |
Having target exchange, carrier, or storage means |
10 |
| 273/366 |
Along endless path |
21 |
| 273/368 |
Path is circular |
34 |
| 273/367 |
Target has additional motion while moving along path |
16 |
| 273/362 |
Flying or moving freely through the air |
26 |
| 273/364 |
Having projector-engaging protrusion, notch, or recess means for enhancing projection of target |
8 |
| 273/363 |
Material dispensing or burning upon projectile impact |
33 |
| 273/365 |
Reusable in whole or part |
21 |
| 273/369 |
Oscillating (e.g., pendulum motion) or reciprocating |
33 |
| 273/370 |
Target has additional motion while oscillating or reciprocating |
17 |
| 273/404 |
Penetrable target with projectile backstop |
53 |
| 273/403 |
Penetrable target with replaceable element |
75 |
| 273/398 |
Pocketed or apertured |
44 |
| 273/400 |
Closed-back or closed-bottom pocket |
285 |
| 273/401 |
Entrance opening is formed in laterally extending surface |
60 |
| 273/402 |
Target is aperture dimensioned to allow projectile to pass entirely therethrough |
157 |
| 273/399 |
With mechanical projector |
52 |
| 273/409 |
Printed matter |
61 |
| 273/358 |
Projected picture |
32 |
| 273/352 |
Skee-ball game |
20 |
| 273/408 |
Target penetrated by projectile |
149 |
| 273/407 |
Target support structure |
204 |
| 273/353 |
Tiddlywink game |
12 |
| 273/371 |
With electrically actuated or operated indicator |
199 |
| 273/374 |
Element moved by projectile impact to actuate circuitry |
50 |
| 273/376 |
Coplanar elements |
58 |
| 273/375 |
Element is pivoted |
26 |
| 273/372 |
Indicator responsive to projectile produced sonic or shock wave |
63 |
| 273/373 |
Penetrating projectile alters circuit condition of target formed of stacked, penetrable sheetlike conductors |
23 |
| 273/377 |
Spaced conductors bridged by nonpenetrating projectile |
8 |
| 273/349 |
With liquid projector (e.g., water pistol) |
76 |
| 273/405 |
With mechanical projector |
24 |
| 273/357 |
With plural mechanical projectors |
56 |
| 273/355 |
With support having both target and movable mechanical projector attached thereto |
33 |
| 273/356 |
Projector universally pivots |
24 |
| 273/341.1 |
Tipcat game; accessory therefor |
9 |
| 273/342 |
Upwardly facing projectile-bounce surface |
56 |
| 273/412 |
User manipulated means for catching projectile moving through the air |
63 |
| 273/DIG.13 |
Artificial grass |
27 |
| 273/DIG.27 |
Blind and color blind |
35 |
| 273/236 |
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor |
294 |
| 273/271 |
Alignment games (e.g., tic-tac-toe, go-moko) |
157 |
| 273/274 |
Betting or wagering board (e.g., casino) |
845 |
| 273/285 |
Collapsible board (e.g., folding) |
133 |
| 273/286 |
Flexible sheet type |
52 |
| 273/267 |
Completing square type |
20 |
| 273/276 |
Construction or assembly games |
52 |
| 273/268 |
Dice board and number plate type |
27 |
| 273/237 |
Electrical |
289 |
| 273/238 |
Removable and discrete game piece changes status of circuit |
82 |
| 273/284 |
Game board having interchangeable, variable, or plural distinct playing patterns |
154 |
| 273/281 |
Game board having movably attached piece |
73 |
| 273/283 |
Game board having pattern separable into sections |
79 |
| 273/287 |
Game board structure |
321 |
| 273/288 |
Game piece |
232 |
| 273/290 |
Stackable or nestable feature |
135 |
| 273/291 |
Weighted or reversible (e.g., for different game) |
53 |
| 273/289 |
With movably attached part |
49 |
| 273/241 |
Having three-dimensional pattern |
179 |
| 273/279 |
Judicial, legislative, or election process |
14 |
| 273/269 |
Lotto or bingo type |
446 |
| 273/270 |
With attached pieces |
9 |
| 273/239 |
Magnetic |
149 |
| 273/240 |
Markable or erasable game board or piece (e.g., magic slate) |
113 |
| 273/273 |
Memory or matching games (e.g., concentration) |
124 |
| 273/266 |
Nim type (i.e., game of take away) |
9 |
| 273/275 |
Path forming |
60 |
| 273/242 |
Piece moves over board having pattern |
143 |
| 273/264 |
Alignment games (e.g., morris, mill) |
48 |
| 273/243 |
Chance device controls amount or direction of movement of piece |
361 |
| 273/257 |
Judicial, legislative, or election process |
31 |
| 273/255 |
Military or naval engagement |
86 |
| 273/253 |
Outer space or astronomy |
25 |
| 273/256 |
Property or commodity transactions |
197 |
| 273/248 |
Race to a finish (e.g., backgammon) |
166 |
| 273/252 |
Travel or exploration |
36 |
| 273/249 |
With common finish (e.g., parchisi) |
228 |
| 273/250 |
Outer space or astronomy |
12 |
| 273/251 |
Travel or exploration |
37 |
| 273/244 |
Sports or outdoor recreational activities |
92 |
| 273/244.1 |
Baseball |
25 |
| 273/244.2 |
Having cards or tiles |
35 |
| 273/247 |
Football or soccer |
82 |
| 273/245 |
Golf |
54 |
| 273/246 |
Racing |
99 |
| 273/254 |
Travel or exploration (e.g., touring, treasure hunt, archeology) |
78 |
| 273/263 |
Chase type (e.g., fox and geese) |
16 |
| 273/260 |
Chess or checker type |
194 |
| 273/261 |
Nonrectangular or extended pattern |
154 |
| 273/262 |
Military or naval engagement |
93 |
| 273/259 |
Sports or outdoor recreational activities |
71 |
| 273/258 |
Strategic race to a finish (e.g., chinese checkers) |
81 |
| 273/278 |
Property or commodity transaction (e.g., stock market) |
61 |
| 273/282.1 |
Removably interfitting or detachably adhesive board and piece |
150 |
| 273/282.3 |
Board projection engagble with piece |
26 |
| 273/282.2 |
Detachably adhesive |
21 |
| 273/280 |
Rotatably mounted board |
77 |
| 273/265 |
Salvo type |
51 |
| 273/277 |
Sports or outdoor recreational activities |
75 |
| 273/272 |
Word, sentence, or equation forming (e.g., scrabble, hangman) |
313 |
| 273/DIG.10 |
Butadiene |
23 |
| 273/DIG.1 |
Carbonate |
19 |
| 273/292 |
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor |
1445 |
| 273/293 |
Card or tile structure |
159 |
| 273/295 |
Material |
24 |
| 273/294 |
Playing surface having nonrectangular perimeter |
47 |
| 273/297 |
Property or commodity transaction representation |
20 |
| 273/307 |
Rearranged basic indicia |
17 |
| 273/298 |
Sports or outdoor recreational activities |
64 |
| 273/303 |
Suits |
118 |
| 273/305 |
Indexing |
18 |
| 273/306 |
With auxiliary or accessory card or tile |
100 |
| 273/304 |
With supplementary indicia |
78 |
| 273/302 |
With educational data |
93 |
| 273/296 |
With functional back indicia |
77 |
| 273/301 |
With musical indicia |
10 |
| 273/300 |
With quotation thereon |
9 |
| 273/308 |
With representations of persons or objects and names associated therewith |
128 |
| 273/299 |
Word, sentence, or equation forming |
152 |
| 273/138.1 |
Chance devices |
789 |
| 273/139 |
Chance selection |
646 |
| 273/140 |
Fish ponds |
40 |
| 273/146 |
Dice |
362 |
| 273/138.2 |
Electric or magnetic |
497 |
| 273/138.3 |
Gravity-propelled chance element randomly traverses or enters alternative paths |
44 |
| 273/138.5 |
Liquid-filled path |
6 |
| 273/138.4 |
Plural external receivers (e.g., plural dispensers, etc.) |
19 |
| 273/144R |
Lot mixers and dispensers |
76 |
| 273/145R |
Dice agitators |
36 |
| 273/145B |
Chute |
11 |
| 273/145C |
Closed container |
49 |
| 273/145CA |
Internal agitator |
17 |
| 273/145A |
Cup |
15 |
| 273/145D |
Reciprocating floor |
4 |
| 273/145E |
Rotating table |
5 |
| 273/144A |
Lot dispenser: mixing and dispensing |
64 |
| 273/144B |
Lot dispenser: mixing and showing |
139 |
| 273/142R |
Rotating disk |
154 |
| 273/142F |
Ball indicator-notched disc |
11 |
| 273/142E |
Ball indicator-pocketed disc |
78 |
| 273/142G |
Ball indicator-stationary pocket |
6 |
| 273/143R |
Edge indication |
749 |
| 273/143D |
Indexing: leaf spring |
5 |
| 273/143E |
Indexing: loose weight |
5 |
| 273/143C |
Indexing: magnetic |
4 |
| 273/143B |
Movable web |
6 |
| 273/143A |
Rolling |
11 |
| 273/142J |
Indexing |
17 |
| 273/142JC |
Leaf spring and cog |
2 |
| 273/142JB |
Magnetic |
7 |
| 273/142JA |
Pin and reed |
12 |
| 273/142JD |
Pivoted pawl |
4 |
| 273/142B |
Indicator: electrical |
49 |
| 273/142D |
Indicator: free element |
14 |
| 273/142C |
Indicator: optional |
0 |
| 273/142A |
Indicator: projected |
8 |
| 273/142K |
Phonograph mounted |
3 |
| 273/142H |
Plural disc |
40 |
| 273/142HA |
Concentric |
50 |
| 273/141R |
Rotating pointer |
75 |
| 273/141A |
Electric or magnetic |
27 |
| 273/147 |
Tops |
26 |
| 273/DIG.15 |
Cork |
4 |
| 273/457 |
Enclosed fluid medium |
65 |
| 273/458 |
Inflatable |
32 |
| 273/DIG.3 |
Epoxy |
17 |
| 273/DIG.9 |
Ester |
11 |
| 273/DIG.4 |
Ethylene |
43 |
| 273/161 |
Fortune-telling devices |
65 |
| 273/148R |
Games accessories |
458 |
| 273/148B |
All video game accessories |
460 |
| 273/149R |
Card shufflers and dealers |
237 |
| 273/149P |
Devices for dealing predetermined hands |
63 |
| 273/309 |
Game supporting tables or surfaces |
480 |
| 273/150 |
Hand holders |
59 |
| 273/151 |
Duplicate games |
6 |
| 273/148A |
With card holders |
138 |
| 273/DIG.7 |
Glass fiber |
118 |
| 273/DIG.17 |
Head mounted |
48 |
| 273/DIG.23 |
High modulus filaments |
166 |
| 273/DIG.30 |
Hooked pile fabric fastener |
278 |
| 273/DIG.22 |
Ionomer |
78 |
| 273/DIG.24 |
Luminescent, phosphorescent |
92 |
| 273/459 |
Miscellaneous |
153 |
| 273/460 |
Electric |
219 |
| 273/461 |
Simulated game |
105 |
| 273/DIG.6 |
Nylon |
30 |
| 273/440 |
Physical skill or ability |
158 |
| 273/453 |
Apparatus connecting plural participants |
28 |
| 273/449 |
Balance |
60 |
| 273/450 |
Game element add on |
53 |
| 273/454 |
Electric |
165 |
| 273/455 |
Circuit completion |
51 |
| 273/447 |
Game element capture or pick up using manual dexterity |
152 |
| 273/448 |
Electric or magnetic capture |
81 |
| 273/456 |
Magnetic |
85 |
| 273/441 |
Participant maneuvered game element over a surface or through a course |
79 |
| 273/444 |
Game element comprises a participant |
32 |
| 273/443 |
Magnetically guided game element |
34 |
| 273/442 |
Simulated vehicle |
74 |
| 273/451 |
Push or pull force (e.g., tug of war) |
34 |
| 273/452 |
Arm or finger contacting (e.g., arm wrestling) |
17 |
| 273/440.1 |
Simulated martial-art-type game (e.g., boxing or fencing robots, etc.) |
28 |
| 273/445 |
Timed reaction or race to a finish |
123 |
| 273/446 |
One participant at a time competes |
54 |
| 273/DIG.26 |
Point counters and score indicators |
163 |
| 273/429 |
Problem eliciting response |
102 |
| 273/430 |
Questions and answers |
135 |
| 273/431 |
Categorized or grouped questions |
97 |
| 273/432 |
Timed response |
55 |
| 273/DIG.12 |
Propylene |
17 |
| 273/153R |
Puzzles |
264 |
| 273/154 |
Balancing ovoids |
3 |
| 273/155 |
Folding and relatively movable strips and disks |
128 |
| 273/153J |
Jumping movement |
14 |
| 273/153P |
Pyramid building |
17 |
| 273/153S |
Shifting movement |
332 |
| 273/156 |
Take-aparts and put-togethers |
160 |
| 273/158 |
Bent wire |
32 |
| 273/159 |
Flexible cord or strip |
23 |
| 273/157R |
Geometrical figures, pictures, and maps |
484 |
| 273/157A |
Transparent overlay |
30 |
| 273/160 |
Mortised blocks |
85 |
| 273/DIG.21 |
Reel |
27 |
| 273/DIG.18 |
Shoe mounted |
17 |
| 273/DIG.29 |
Silicone |
14 |
| 273/DIG.2 |
Styrene |
19 |
| 273/DIG.25 |
Suction cups involved |
27 |
| 273/108 |
Surface projectile game; game element (e.g., target, etc.) or accessory therefor other than projectile, per se) |
119 |
| 273/118R |
Ball games |
243 |
| 273/118D |
Ball actuated element |
21 |
| 273/119R |
Combined with projector |
137 |
| 273/122R |
Ball return |
25 |
| 273/122A |
Electric or magnetic |
22 |
| 273/119A |
Electric or magnetic |
110 |
| 273/119B |
Fluid projector |
8 |
| 273/120R |
Gravity projectors |
59 |
| 273/120A |
Electric or magnetic |
31 |
| 273/121R |
Return course |
79 |
| 273/121E |
Ball elevator |
15 |
| 273/121D |
Ball supply means |
18 |
| 273/121A |
Electric or magnetic |
174 |
| 273/121B |
Pachinko (i.e., nearly vertical playing surface) |
121 |
| 273/118A |
Magnetic or electric |
148 |
| 273/123R |
Pocketed |
98 |
| 273/125R |
Ball return |
19 |
| 273/125A |
Electric or magnetic |
14 |
| 273/123A |
Electric or magnetic |
37 |
| 273/124R |
Return course |
8 |
| 273/124A |
Electric or magnetic |
7 |
| 273/126R |
Disk or ring games |
149 |
| 273/126A |
Electric or magnetic |
84 |
| 273/109 |
Moving surface |
118 |
| 273/111 |
Pivoted gate |
6 |
| 273/110 |
Pivoted |
85 |
| 273/113 |
Pocketed |
76 |
| 273/114 |
Mercury globule |
3 |
| 273/117 |
Moving pockets |
6 |
| 273/115 |
Surface pockets |
29 |
| 273/116 |
Hazard pockets |
16 |
| 273/112 |
Spiral surface |
14 |
| 273/129R |
Projectors |
93 |
| 273/129AP |
Air propelled |
17 |
| 273/129Q |
Gravity propelled |
17 |
| 273/129P |
Pinched or strand engaged |
12 |
| 273/129W |
Pivoted, manual |
41 |
| 273/129V |
Pivoted, mechanically or electrically driven |
56 |
| 273/129T |
Plunger, manual |
11 |
| 273/129S |
Plunger, mechanically or electrically driven |
53 |
| 273/129L |
Slid, carried by user |
16 |
| 273/129K |
Swung, carried by user |
16 |
| 273/129M |
Wheeled, carried by user |
3 |
| 273/108.1 |
Simulated game (e.g., hockey, soccer, etc.) |
124 |
| 273/108.3 |
Baseball |
13 |
| 273/108.32 |
Mechanically batted ball or projectile |
11 |
| 273/108.31 |
Mechanically pitched ball or projectile |
18 |
| 273/108.33 |
Movable surface |
1 |
| 273/108.57 |
Fluid-pressure projector |
5 |
| 273/108.4 |
Football |
20 |
| 273/108.41 |
Movable surface |
4 |
| 273/108.2 |
Golf |
29 |
| 273/108.22 |
Manikin type |
14 |
| 273/108.21 |
Projector solely supported and controlled by participant |
20 |
| 273/108.55 |
Projector having movable element and fixed with respect to game surface |
11 |
| 273/108.54 |
Projector rotatable about horizontzl axis only |
12 |
| 273/108.53 |
Projector rotatable about vertical axis only |
14 |
| 273/108.5 |
Projector solely supported by participant (e.g., hockey stick, finger, cue stick, etc.) |
54 |
| 273/108.52 |
Projector translatable and rotatable about horizontal axis |
64 |
| 273/108.51 |
Projector translatable and rotatable about vertical axis |
27 |
| 273/108.56 |
Projector translatable only or translatable with movable element |
38 |
| 273/127R |
Targets |
148 |
| 273/127C |
Ball return |
37 |
| 273/127A |
Fall apart targets |
14 |
| 273/127B |
Static, no ball return |
59 |
| 273/127D |
Target pivots about horizontal axis |
48 |
| 273/DIG.14 |
Transparent |
55 |
| 273/DIG.31 |
Undulated surface |
16 |
| 273/DIG.8 |
Urethane |
149 |
| 273/DIG.5 |
Vinyl |
42 |
| 273/DIG.19 |
Waist mounted |
53 |
| 273/DIG.20 |
Weighted balls |
134 |