F41B 11/50
Magazines for compressed-gas guns
Official title: Magazines for compressed-gas guns; Arrangements for feeding or loading projectiles from magazines
F41B11/50 (Magazines for compressed-gas guns) appears on 822 US grants and 741 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41B- Granted patents
- 822
- Published applications
- 741
- Assignees
- 241
- Inventors
- 816
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 4 |
| 2002 | 25 | 25 |
| 2003 | 34 | 44 |
| 2004 | 38 | 40 |
| 2005 | 28 | 59 |
| 2006 | 23 | 48 |
| 2007 | 26 | 44 |
| 2008 | 23 | 25 |
| 2009 | 16 | 42 |
| 2010 | 32 | 30 |
| 2011 | 30 | 36 |
| 2012 | 35 | 32 |
| 2013 | 28 | 25 |
| 2014 | 22 | 28 |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 |
| 2016 | 27 | 25 |
| 2017 | 24 | 19 |
| 2018 | 23 | 26 |
| 2019 | 30 | 19 |
| 2020 | 15 | 19 |
| 2021 | 14 | 20 |
| 2022 | 20 | 18 |
| 2023 | 21 | 25 |
| 2024 | 27 | 24 |
| 2025 | 33 | 19 |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F41B 11/57Electronic or electric systems for feeding or loading296
- F41B 11/52The projectiles being loosely held in a magazine above the gun housing290
- F41B 11/55The projectiles being stored in stacked order in a removable box magazine204
- F41B 11/54The projectiles being stored in a rotating drum magazine157
- F41B 11/51The magazine being an integral, internal part of the gun housing54
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