F41A 33/04
Acoustical simulation of gun fire
Official title: Acoustical simulation of gun fire, e.g. by pyrotechnic means
F41A33/04 (Acoustical simulation of gun fire) appears on 103 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 75
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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