F41B 11/00
Compressed-gas guns
Official title: Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns
F41B11/00 (Compressed-gas guns) appears on 1,936 US grants and 1,790 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41B- Granted patents
- 1,936
- Published applications
- 1,790
- Assignees
- 549
- Inventors
- 1,930
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 33 | 0 |
| 1998 | 43 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 8 |
| 2002 | 40 | 42 |
| 2003 | 62 | 65 |
| 2004 | 53 | 61 |
| 2005 | 42 | 93 |
| 2006 | 45 | 127 |
| 2007 | 57 | 116 |
| 2008 | 52 | 67 |
| 2009 | 54 | 108 |
| 2010 | 91 | 84 |
| 2011 | 86 | 76 |
| 2012 | 78 | 71 |
| 2013 | 64 | 61 |
| 2014 | 58 | 75 |
| 2015 | 76 | 88 |
| 2016 | 65 | 66 |
| 2017 | 68 | 53 |
| 2018 | 58 | 79 |
| 2019 | 77 | 56 |
| 2020 | 55 | 51 |
| 2021 | 58 | 63 |
| 2022 | 55 | 50 |
| 2023 | 53 | 63 |
| 2024 | 65 | 63 |
| 2025 | 81 | 62 |
| 2026 | 35 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Plastic receiver structure on PCP guns6 Oct 2026US 12,753,982 B2
- High performance launcher of short projectiles with storage belt29 Sep 2026US 12,747,929 B2Easebon Services Limited
- Valve assembly for a projectile launching system15 Sep 2026US 12,736,299 B1
- Arrow gun having a plurality of barrels for launching a corresponding plurality of arrows8 Sep 2026US 12,729,927 B2Crosman Corporation
- Feeding mechanism and method for toy projectile launcher25 Aug 2026US 12,716,671 B2Easebon Services Limited
- Lever actuated piercing mechanism for a pressurized gas vessel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309453 A1
- Propulsion module assembly for a projectile launcher24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287302 A1Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Feeding mechanism and method for toy projectile launcher17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276331 A1Easebon Services Limited
- Valve system for airgun with predetermined selectable impact energy10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266577 A1
- Airgun with predetermined selectable impact energy with temperature compensation10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266578 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hand-held stun gun for incapacitating a human target1,580US 6,636,412 B2TASER International, Inc. · 2003
- Projectile firing device using liquified gas propellant1,030US 7,337,774 B2Poly Systems Pty Ltd. · 2008
- Medical injection system and method, gas spring thereof and launching device using gas spring488US 5,599,302 AMedi-Ject Corporation · 1997
- Multiple medicament cartridge clip and medicament discharging device therefor226US 4,518,384 ASurvival Technology, Inc. · 1985
- Gas powered gun214US 5,613,483 A1997