F41C 3/00
Pistols
Official title: Pistols, e.g. revolvers (specially adapted for underwater use F41C9/06; for slaughtering or stunning animals A22B; for shooting bolts into concrete constructions, metal walls or the like B25C)
F41C3/00 (Pistols) appears on 498 US grants and 411 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41C- Granted patents
- 498
- Published applications
- 411
- Assignees
- 182
- Inventors
- 592
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 12 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 11 | 8 |
| 2014 | 15 | 20 |
| 2015 | 13 | 20 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 |
| 2017 | 26 | 56 |
| 2018 | 36 | 33 |
| 2019 | 41 | 31 |
| 2020 | 30 | 20 |
| 2021 | 23 | 35 |
| 2022 | 24 | 20 |
| 2023 | 23 | 29 |
| 2024 | 24 | 23 |
| 2025 | 29 | 27 |
| 2026 | 14 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Modular handgun22 Sep 2026US 12,742,605 B2ZEV Technologies, Inc.
- Automatic shooting device of toy gun15 Sep 2026US 12,736,300 B2Guay Guay Trading Co., Ltd.
- Recoil spring abutment for a slide of a modular handgun1 Sep 2026US 12,723,826 B2Glock Technology GmbH
- Slide assembly for a firearm14 Jul 2026US 12,680,770 B2Shadow Systems LLC
- Threaded gun attachment23 Jun 2026US 12,663,233 B2Biofire Technologies Inc.
- Slide assembly for a firearm24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287286 A1Shadow Systems LLC
- Firearm operating system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276335 A1
- Modular firearm assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266569 A1Axts Inc
- Firearms with an ambidextrous slide stop and/or relief9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194328 A1
- Firearm25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177343 A1Staccato 2011, LLC
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