Is a rubik cube puzzle patented?

Short answer: specific designs of a rubik cube puzzle have been patented many times, but "a rubik cube puzzle" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.

What our index shows

35 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “cubetwisty puzzle” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
Among the 34 best keyword matches we examined, 8 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2002.
Most frequent assignees in those matches: AGAMAWI MOSEN (4), MVENTED SRLS (2), LANDO MORDECHAI (2), APPLE INC (1).
Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A63F (32), H04L (1), G06F (1), G09B (1).

Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.

14 real patent publications related to a rubik cube puzzle

Puzzle cube US-2023356066-A1 2023 · MVENTED SRLS
A puzzle cube includes a core having a plurality of center cubies movably associated thereto, a plurality of edge cubies, and a plurality of corner cubies, each of the center, edge and corner cubies having respectively one, two an…
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Smart cube puzzle and user device application US-10810905-B2 2020 · 22ND SOLUTIONS LLC
An automated method of solving a cube puzzle using a user device, including: establishing, between the user device and the cube puzzle, a wireless communication link, where the user device includes at least one user interface (UI)…
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Three-dimentsional cube puzzle WO-2020190125-A8 2020 · TEN HOEVE JACOB
Puzzle comprising a holding arrangement providing a holding space and puzzle blocks provided in said holding space such that said puzzle blocks leave only one vacant position in said holding space and allowing a puzzle block of sa…
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Multi-axis rotational puzzle cube US-10245504-B2 2019 · YANG JU HSUN
A multi-axis rotational puzzle cube has a core unit and multiple first operating assemblies and multiple second operating assemblies rotatably assembled to the core unit. Each one of the multiple first operating assemblies has a f…
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Three dimensional puzzle cube US-10413810-B2 2019 · GUANGZHOU GANYUAN INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
A Rubik's cube includes a plurality of blocks. Each block is spliced from a splicing piece, a central shell and a mounting base, splicing piece is mounted at top of central shell, mounting base is mounted at bottom of central …
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Smart puzzle cube having prompting and recording functions US-10286296-B2 2019 · SHANGHAI DIANHUA DIGITAL TECH CO LTD
A smart puzzle cube having prompting and recording functions includes at least four cubes ( 101 ), a central sphere body ( 4 ), and at least one conductive connector ( 8 ). The cubes ( 101 ) and the central sphere body ( 4 ) are s…
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2X2X2 cube puzzle and a cube stand US-10029171-B1 2018 · LANDO MORDECHAI
A cube packing comprises two truncated pyramids configured for a packing mode and a stand mode. In the packing mode, each pyramid touches three faces. In the stand mode, a first pyramid lays on a substantially horizontal surface, …
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Puzzle cube and communication system US-2015367230-A1 2015 · APPYCUBE LTD
A system for accessing a database comprising a puzzle cube including a plurality of cubelets forming rotatable faces of the puzzle cube, wherein a plurality of different symbols are respectively provided on a plurality of faces of…
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Cube puzzle US-9162139-B2 2015 · LANDO MORDECHAI
A puzzle game includes a first and a second group of several pieces each. Several assemblies of pieces may be selected of the two groups. Three pieces of the first group are different from each other by the piece shape. Each of th…
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Cube puzzle game US-2012049449-A1 2012 · AGAMAWI MOSEN
An amusement device comprises a plurality of puzzle unit pairs. Each puzzle unit pair comprises a first tetrahedral puzzle unit marked with a first color progression, a second tetrahedral puzzle unit marked with a second color pro…
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Sponge and hash functions using a rubik's cube puzzle process US-2011040977-A1 2011 · APPLE INC
The present method is directed, in the computer data security field, to cryptographic sponge and hash function processes which are embodied in a computer system and are typically keyless, but highly secure. The processes are based…
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Combinatorial twisting cube puzzles US-2010230897-A1 2010 · STOTT KELVIN ROBERT
The present invention relates to n×n×n combinatorial twisting cube puzzles of the kind known as Rubik's Cube, wherein a total of 611×(n−2)+8 cube-like blocks have 6n 2 exposed faces [ 4 ], which are labelled with 6n identical…
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Manipulable puzzle cube US-6974130-B2 2005 · SUGDEN MARTIN JAMES
A manipulable puzzle cube is an improvement of the classic Rubik's Cube. The puzzle cube consists of a plurality of cubic elements connected to a centrally positioned interior connecting element, the cubic elements of each sur…
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Three dimensional cube puzzle US-2002121739-A1 2002
A three-dimensional cube puzzle consists of twenty-five different shaped pieces. Each piece has five cubic units of volume and has at least two square sides. Each square side consists of four edges, each edge has a unit of length,…
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What this means for your idea

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