F41B 5/00
Bows
Official title: Bows; Crossbows
F41B5/00 (Bows) appears on 3,286 US grants and 2,004 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41B- Granted patents
- 3,286
- Published applications
- 2,004
- Assignees
- 480
- Inventors
- 2,338
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 27 | 0 |
| 1977 | 35 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 30 | 0 |
| 1982 | 28 | 0 |
| 1983 | 28 | 0 |
| 1984 | 33 | 0 |
| 1985 | 29 | 0 |
| 1986 | 45 | 0 |
| 1987 | 62 | 0 |
| 1988 | 46 | 0 |
| 1989 | 52 | 0 |
| 1990 | 57 | 0 |
| 1991 | 62 | 0 |
| 1992 | 64 | 0 |
| 1993 | 64 | 0 |
| 1994 | 62 | 0 |
| 1995 | 74 | 0 |
| 1996 | 73 | 0 |
| 1997 | 91 | 0 |
| 1998 | 66 | 0 |
| 1999 | 63 | 0 |
| 2000 | 62 | 0 |
| 2001 | 47 | 2 |
| 2002 | 38 | 36 |
| 2003 | 58 | 54 |
| 2004 | 76 | 39 |
| 2005 | 47 | 34 |
| 2006 | 32 | 47 |
| 2007 | 41 | 53 |
| 2008 | 34 | 49 |
| 2009 | 21 | 58 |
| 2010 | 55 | 90 |
| 2011 | 63 | 83 |
| 2012 | 55 | 79 |
| 2013 | 101 | 101 |
| 2014 | 125 | 118 |
| 2015 | 105 | 104 |
| 2016 | 169 | 126 |
| 2017 | 129 | 93 |
| 2018 | 117 | 86 |
| 2019 | 124 | 107 |
| 2020 | 105 | 104 |
| 2021 | 108 | 85 |
| 2022 | 101 | 94 |
| 2023 | 93 | 79 |
| 2024 | 80 | 93 |
| 2025 | 80 | 117 |
| 2026 | 53 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Crossbow with cam assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,753,987 B2Ravin Crossbows, LLC
- Bow with variable draw weights29 Sep 2026US 12,747,928 B2Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc.
- Bearings for archery bows and related apparatuses22 Sep 2026US 12,742,610 B2Hoyt Archery, Inc.
- Bow holder retention apparatus and associated systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,736,298 B2
- Bow string cam arrangement for a bow8 Sep 2026US 12,729,925 B2Ravin Crossbows, LLC
- Operational structure and methods for torsion-driven, counter acting block and tackle type energy storage and deployment systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309450 A1Serpent Rural Sports LLC
- Crossbow Having A Halo-Type Cable Hub1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298578 A1Barnett Outdoors, LLC
- Archery Bow with Centered Cable Guard1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298579 A1Mcp IP, LLC
- U-shaped string puller placement device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287297 A1
- Bushings For Composite Materials And Related Apparatuses24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287298 A1Hoyt Archery, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual-feed single-cam compound bow158US 5,368,006 ABear Archery, Inc. · 1994
- Crossbow trigger mechanism140US 5,649,520 AHunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 1997
- Game hunting video camera137US 6,556,245 B12003
- Crossbow bowstring drawing mechanism127US 6,286,496 B12001
- Crossbow dry fire prevention device125US 5,598,829 AHunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 1997