F41B 3/02
Catapults
Official title: Catapults, e.g. slingshots
F41B3/02 (Catapults) appears on 240 US grants and 170 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41B- Granted patents
- 240
- Published applications
- 170
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 294
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 10 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Magazine-type slingshot1 Sep 2026US 12,723,835 B1
- Fidget toy17 Feb 2026US 12,551,816 B1
- Variable payload launch device14 Oct 2025US 12,442,622 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Techniques and device structures based upon directional dielectric deposition and bottom-up fill23 Sep 2025US 12,422,210 B2Applied Materials, Inc.
- Slingshot12 Aug 2025US 12,385,712 B2
- Slingshot27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251416 A1
- Webbed Cable Catapult System6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341379 A1
- Scent Luring Apparatus17 Jul 2025US 2025/0228233 A1Ghost Drag, LLC
- Crossbow5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180322 A1Ravin Crossbows, LLC
- Low gravity power distribution system and device6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074627 A1Space Kinetic Corp
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