F41B 4/00
Friction-wheel operated launchers
F41B4/00 (Friction-wheel operated launchers) appears on 122 US grants and 100 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41B- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 100
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 161
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 10 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Disc discharging toy99US 5,471,967 AToybox Corporation · 1995
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- Disc discharging device57US 5,996,564 AKids Only, Inc. · 1999
- Disc discharging toy55US 5,611,322 AToybox Corporation · 1997
- Toy projectile launcher53US 6,523,535 B2Rehco, LLC · 2003