F41A 17/44
Safety plugs
Official title: Safety plugs, e.g. for plugging-up cartridge chambers {, barrels, magazine spaces}
F41A17/44 (Safety plugs) appears on 291 US grants and 168 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 291
- Published applications
- 168
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 386
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 |
| 2003 | 13 | 8 |
| 2004 | 14 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5 |
| 2015 | 11 | 8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 |
| 2022 | 9 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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