F41A 33/02
Light- or radiation-emitting guns
Official title: Light- or radiation-emitting guns {; Light- or radiation-sensitive guns; Cartridges carrying light emitting sources, e.g. laser}
F41A33/02 (Light- or radiation-emitting guns) appears on 348 US grants and 367 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 348
- Published applications
- 367
- Assignees
- 195
- Inventors
- 574
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 12 |
| 2003 | 9 | 17 |
| 2004 | 11 | 13 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 5 | 11 |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 17 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012 | 10 | 18 |
| 2013 | 16 | 18 |
| 2014 | 20 | 26 |
| 2015 | 19 | 17 |
| 2016 | 11 | 16 |
| 2017 | 15 | 17 |
| 2018 | 11 | 22 |
| 2019 | 19 | 18 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 |
| 2021 | 12 | 16 |
| 2022 | 14 | 11 |
| 2023 | 17 | 20 |
| 2024 | 13 | 17 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 13 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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