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The international patent classification for tiddlywinks would be A63b 71/04 (or 02).

Tiddlywinks Patents-United Kingdom

Note that early UK patent numbers started anew each year, and the numbers are associated with the year of first application, not with the year of registration. Filing dates are usually those of the provisional specifications.

Number

EC Classification

Filed

Registered

By For
16,215  

8 Nov 1888

19 Oct 1889

 <pc> Joseph Assheton Fincher "A New and Improved Game"
9,387  

6 Jun 1889

22 Mar 1890

 <c> George Scott Golf (US also)
9,882  

17 Jun 1889

35 Jan 1890

 <c> Edward F. Maitland Obstacles
5,650  

15 Apr 1890

17 May 1890

 <c> Mascie Taylor Courts
13,768  

2 Sep 1890

30 May 1891

 <c> John F. Peasgood Bagatelle
6327  

1 Apr 1892

7 May 1892

 William Cameron Tree-shaped targets
22,663  

25 Nov 1893

12 May 1894

 James Henry Hannay Golf
5,866  

21 Mar 1894

15 Sep 1894

 Harry O. Roberts "Salomo"
6,943  

7 Apr 1894

12 May 1894

 Walter Kershaw, John B. Brierly Spelling targets
1,724  

* 24 Jan 1896

-

 Nicholls (full dates not known) Square board table
25,035  

28 Oct 1897

15 Oct 1898

 Charles E. Forbes "Klondyke", mining for ore
9,882  

1899

    Graduated slanting target, X-shaped wink
10,760  

23 May 1899

9 Sep 1899

 John Alfred Rivington Naval or land battle
326  

* 5 Jan 1900

-

 Evans (full dates not known) Circular board
3,345  

17 Feb 1905

30 Mar 1905

 Morland Micholl Dessau Disc with spring, hinge, etc.
513  

8 Jan 1906

31 May 1906

 Zdenko Krulis Football
25,720  

9 Nov 1906

9 May 1907

 William Clinch Poole Circular target
188,203  

7 Nov 1921

9 Nov 1922

 Ezra Badger Billiards
230,255  

28 Feb 1924

12 Mar 1925

 Frank A. Stephens Snooker pool ("potted")
22857/35  

~ 1935-1936

  Ernest Sewell Tiddly Tennis
510,581
(31255/38)		  

28 Oct 1938

3 Aug 1939

 Albert John Ratley Wadman  
573,638
(2090/43)		  

14 Dec 1943

29 Nov 1945

 Charles Frederick Tydeman ?
682,152   24 Aug 1951 5 Nov 1952 Marcus van Pelt Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Playing Table Games
829,536 A63F5/04 

27 Aug 1958

2 Mar 1960

 Leendert J. A. den Drijver Magnetic disc and roulette
1,077,712
(37882/62)		  

5 Nov 1962

2 Aug 1967

 Robert Colin Harvey Webb War simulation
1,249,216
(10797/69)		  

28 Feb 1969

13 Oct 1971

 Gillian Elizabeth Knight Frog discs
1,334,524  

16 Jan 1971

-?-

 <s> James M. Park Golf (US also) (class A6 H6 F6)
1,399,019
(53793/72)		 A63F3/00D

21 Nov 1972

25 Jun 1975

 Philip Frederick Woodman Flags and prisoner (class A6 H6 C1)
GB2,218,005       Rupert Stuart Harold Fallows Tiddlywink table game

Fincher's non­Tiddlywinks Patents (UK)

Number

Filed

Registered

By

For

3,238

28 Feb 1890

9 Aug 1890

 <c> Joseph Assheton Fincher Sleeve links
14,931

19 Jun 1897

­ never ­

 Joseph Assheton Fincher Candlesticks

Tiddlywinks Patents-United States

Current US classification:

Class 273 AMUSEMENT DEVICES, GAMES
subclass 317 AERIAL PROJECTILE, TARGET THEREFOR, OR ACCESSORY
subclass 348 . Target
subclass 353 .. Tiddlywink game

Before 19 Feb 1980, the following unofficial subclass was used:

subclass 95E Aerial Projectile, "Tiddly­Wink"

Note that each US patent number given below was awarded upon the patent's registration. OG page is the page in the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, in which a brief summary of patent claims is printed.

Number
(& link to PDF)

Current Subclass

Filed

Registered

Official Gazette Page

 By For

432,170

87.2

20 Dec 1889

15 Jul 1890

362

 George Scott Golf (UK also)

441,099

353

12 Aug 1890

18 Nov 1890

1079

 Charles N. Hoyt Concentric ring target

442,438

85R

22 Sep 1890

9 Dec 1890

1514

 Edward I. Horsman Jr. Parlor-tennis

453,480

353

23 Oct 1890

2 Jun 1891

1239

 Charles N. Hoyt Hoop target

464,098

337

5 Feb 1891

1 Dec 1891

1163

 Dock D. Harr Circular target

477,287

353

27 May 1891

21 Jun 1892

1798-9

 Charles Zimmerling Large target, cups & hoops

611,915

337

28 Oct 1897

4 Oct 1898

110

 Johannes Klauder "Ring game"

710,565

87.2

7 Jan 1902

7 Oct 1902

66

 Harry T. Coldwell Golf

711,979

87.2

11 Feb 1902

28 Oct 1902

689

 Arthur F. Knight Golf

1,016,583

353

6 Jun 1911

6 Feb 1912

121

 Norman C. Shatzer Animal square targets

1,114,608

353

20 Jan 1914

20 Oct 1914

851

 John W. Hanley Spider-web board target

1,125,076

353

6 Apr 1914

19 Jan 1915

738

 Frederick E. Dorr Discs with friction pads

1,213,562

409

13 Jul 1916

23 Jan 1917

1202-3

 John A. Walls Naval war game

1,217,908

126R

21 Feb 1914

6 Mar 1917

8

 Charles B. Brewer,
Harvey E. Haines		 Baseball
1,276,015   10 Mar 1916 20 Aug 1918   Charles H. Belknap Tennis

1,280,082

94

7 Dec 1916

24 Sep 1918

830

 Leonard F. Pierson Soccer

1,316,748

318

15 Feb 1919

23 Sep 1919

492

 Hans Skreberg Blocks

1,520,082

343

16 Oct 1923

23 Dec 1924

875

 William R. Purnell "Radio game"

1,523,686

85R

20 Jun 1923

20 Jan 1925

602

 James G. Davies Basketball

1,525,167

337

9 Oct 1923

3 Feb 1925

169

 Clarence A. Comstock Horseshoes

1,533,417

?

16 Aug 1921

14 Apr 1925

403

 Frank J. Holland Indoor golf

1,539,357

424

11 Jul 1923

26 May 1925

942

 George H. Johnson "Ballot-Box Game"

1,548,291

87.2

9 Oct 1922

4 Aug 1925

109

 Henry Van Arsdale Jr. Golf

1,548,507

88

16 Apr 1923

4 Aug 1925

153

 Chester W. Brown Baseball

1,564,863

409

6 Nov 1924

8 Dec 1925

472

 George W. Laing Court-type game

1,619,279

85R

17 Sep 1926

1 Mar 1927

136

 Ervin G. Wagner Basketball

1,663,404

94

28 Jan 1927

20 Mar 1928

677

 Sidney G. Hands Football

1,680,356

94

30 Dec 1927

14 Aug 1928

370

 Morris E. Yaraus Football (convex/concave)

1,693,277

94

5 Mar 1928

27 Nov 1928

953

 Alfred Hustwick "Football game"

1,712,073

85R

5 Mar 1926

7 May 1929

201

 Charles Fowler Basketball

1,864,500

87.2

13 May 1930

21 Jun 1932

819

 Elizabeth & Louis Livingston Golf
2,027,244   5 Oct 1933 7 Jan 1936   Albert S. Moorman Ball rolling game; tiddledy winks to putt out

2,069,487

85R

9 Mar 1935

2 Feb 1937

108

 Charles K. Van Riper Tennis

2,147,502

424

11 Sep 1937

14 Feb 1939

487

 Edward S. Savage Cross-shaped piece

2,183,107

?

11 Sep 1937 &

5 Jan 1939

12 Dec 1939

410

 Edward S. Savage Succ. receptacle targets

2,235,933

353

25 Sep 1939

25 Mar 1941

884

 Aarne Laine End-post target

2,261,448

85R

22 Nov 1939

4 Nov 1941

119-20

 Hans B. Petersen Basketball

2,343,506

317

3 Apr 1942

7 Mar 1944

101

 Howard M. Hay Basketball

2,509,634

87.2

27 Nov 1948

30 May 1950

1528

 Vincent A. Freeman Golf

2,611,615

85R

27 Sep 1949

23 Sep 1952

1113

 Walter J. Watson & Walter J. Watson Jr. Basketball
3,120,958   10 Jan 1962 11 Feb 1964   Marvin I. Glass & Burton C. Meyer Stick propelling missile into receptacle

3,429,572

?

11 Oct 1965

25 Feb 1969

1175

 Robert B. Mars "Education game"
3,612,528   28 Mar 1969 12 Oct 1971   Marvin I. Glass & Jeffrey D. Breslow "Deformable Projectile and Target Having a Variable Opening"

3,697,072

87H

29 Jun 1971

10 Oct 1972

534

 James M. Park Golf (UK also)

3,705,724

400

20 Feb 1970

12 Dec 1972

338

 Alfred C. Einstein Target

3,881,728

353

13 May 1974

6 May 1975

191-2

 Emerson K. Martyn "Mathematical Tiddly-Wink Apparatus"

4,030,760

353

23 Dec 1975

21 Jun 1977

1151

 Edwin K. Danowski Target

4,052,064

85R

26 Jun 1974+

4 Oct 1977

181

 John T. Kennoy Basketball

4,060,245

85R

27 Jul 1976

29 Nov 1977

1510

 Enrique G. Duch Soccer (Guatemala also)
4,085,933   27 Dec 1976 25 Apr 1978   David W. Currie "Spring-Hook Device for Scoring in a Target-Type Game"

4,167,267

353

22 Dec 1975

11 Sep 1979

339

 Anibal Romero, George Spector Hockey
4,244,584   4 Sep 1979 13 Jan 1981   George Viveiros "Flippable Game Piece Target"
4,337,949   21 Jan 1981 6 Jul 1982   Michael J. Ferris "Playing Piece Propelling Game Device" (cites tiddledy winks)

4,357,017

  

30 Jul 1980

2 Nov 1982

   Herman E. Schneider & Daniel A. Stein Auto racing game

4,423,877

  

20 Sep 1982

3 Jan 1984

   Don W. Cook  
5,328,188   11 May 1993 12 Jul 1994   Gregory R. Brotz "Magnetic Game Board"

5,403,016

  

20 Oct 1993

4 Apr 1995

   Kenneth M. Kudo Chip flipping game
5,516,114   28 Feb 1995 14 May 1996   Spencer Michlin, Mark A. Celeste, Mark Domiteaux "Jumpertops Clipper Disk Game Piece and Game"

Tiddlywinks Citations in Other Patents-United States

The patents listed in this section include those for games similar to tiddlywinks, e.g. catapult games using discs, and those that are not for games but use the term "tiddlywinks" to describe an effect or action.

Number
(& link to PDF)

Current Subclass

Filed

Registered

Official Gazette Page

 By For
487,447   31 May 1892 6 Dec 1892   Edwin P. McLane Game Board with corner catapults
2,424,016   13 Jan 1944 15 Jul 1947   Hugh B. Potts "Game Piece Projector (catapult game using discs; mentions tiddly-winks)
3,460,188   26 Apr 1966 12 Aug 1969   Wilton E. Boyd "Vacuum Cleaner" (reference to dirt being flipped up in a tiddlywinks action, but is not a tiddlywinks game)
4,109,914   23 Jun 1976 29 Aug 1978   Takeo Matsumoto "Game Structure Involving a Revolving Target" (mentions tiddly winks but is a catapult-style game rather than a tiddlywinks-style game)
4,309,034   14 Jan 1980 5 Jan 1982   Takeo Matsumoto "Competitive Game Moving Objects Through Adjacent Depressions in an Inclined Surface" (mentions tiddly winks but is not considered a tiddlywinks-style game)
4,838,452   27 Nov 1987 13 Jun 1989   Daniel A. Hamilton, James R. Spowart, and Richard Porterfield "Shutter System for Electrical Component Supply Tape Feeders" (not a tiddlywinks game; mentions the "tiddlywink" effect where a component pops up)
5,133,750   11 Feb 1991 28 Jul 1992   Akira Momose & Adam A. Taff "Synthetic sapphire intraocular lens" (mentions eliminating the tiddlywinks effect)
5,423,552   19 Jan 1994 13 Jun 1995   Patrick J. English "Token Bouncing Game" (cites tiddlywinks; similar to tiddlywinks but bounces winks instead of using a shooting device)
5,842,579   16 Nov 1995 1 Dec 1998   Douglas Garcia et al. "Electrical Circuit Component Handler"  (not a tiddlywinks game; mentions that components can pop out due to the "tiddlywink" effect)
6,926,629   3 Nov 2003 9 Aug 2005   Martin L. Dehen "Attachment for blade of hockey stick" (mentions that leading edge of stick can press on an object to flip it as in tiddly winks; not a tiddlywinks-style game)
6,032,320   31 Mar 1998 7 Mar 2000   Larry J. McComber & Jack D. Murders Trowel (mentions that particles jump in the same was as tiddlywinks, but is not a tiddlywinks game)

Tiddlywinks Design Patents-United States

Number
(& link to PDF)

Current Subclass

Filed

Issued

Official Gazette Page

 By For

D162709

 

31 Aug 1948

3 Apr 1951

 

 Ruth M. Boyle Game Board
D192148   23 Jan 1961 30 Jan 1962   David A. Brodie Tiddlywinks-Type Game Board

Tiddlywinks Patents—Other Countries

Country

Classification

Patent No.

Filed [Applied]

Registered

By

For
Austria  

90013

15 Sep 1920

15 Mar 1922

(25 Nov 1922)

    
Canada   453,603       (Cited in US patent 5,423,552)
Europe  

EP0076132

(82305085-1)

  

27 Sep 1982

 Hans Ulrich (Germany) Two discs connected via plastic rod
Europe A63F 7/00 EP0766980A1 1995-10-03 1997-04-09 Brightmore, James Graham; "Apparatus for playing a board game"; simulates snooker and pool using tiddlywinks
France  

719,323

1 Jul 1931

4 Feb 1932

 F. Klauber, nee Eleanor Freund (Filed US 21 Jul 1930)
France  

1,443,604

20 Feb 1965

21 Feb 1966

 Roger Charpentier Hat-shaped discs
France  

2,489,161

29 Aug 1980

5 Mar 1982

 Gilbert Glassman  
Guatemala  

37842

[28 Jul 1975]

   Enrique G. Duch Soccer

(US Patent # 4,060,245)
Japan IPC: G09B1/36; G09B1/38  JP2003091227   

28 Mar 2003

 Nagahashi Akira, inventor

SEIBUNSHIYA:KK, Applicant

  
Netherlands  

?

1957

1959

 Leendert Den Drijver Magnetic discs

(UK Patent # 829,536)
Switzerland  

97773 (or 87773)

1 Jun 1921

12 Mar 1925

 Karl Rempel  
WIPO G09B 1/06 WO 02/069303 A2 27 Feb 2002 6 Sep 2002 Lydia Kruger (country: ZA) "An Activity Book" including tiddlywinks

 

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