F41C 9/06
Smallarms specially adapted for underwater use
Official title: Smallarms specially adapted for underwater use {(spring operated harpoon guns F41B7/04; air pressure operated harpoon guns F41B11/83)}
F41C9/06 (Smallarms specially adapted for underwater use) appears on 38 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41C- Granted patents
- 38
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 9
- Inventors
- 55
- Latest grant
- 12 Oct 2021
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Broach recoil mechanism12 Oct 2021US 11,142,293 B2Advanced Acoustic Concepts, LLC
- Electronic safe arm and fire device and method27 Jul 2021US 11,073,369 B2Advanced Acoustic Concepts, LLC
- Recoilless underwater firearm17 Mar 2020US 10,591,232 B2
- Auto-loading underwater firearm31 Dec 2019US 10,520,278 B2Spike's Tactical, LLC
- Specialized underwater pistol and ammunition for eradicating lionfish13 Aug 2019US 10,378,854 B2
- Broach recoil mechanism9 Sep 2021US 2021/0276680 A1Advanced Acoustic Concepts, LLC
- Electronic Safe Arm and Fire device and Method2 Jul 2020US 2020/0208952 A1Advanced Acoustic Concepts, LLC
- Recoilless underwater firearm4 Apr 2019US 2019/0101344 A1
- Auto-loading underwater firearm17 Jan 2019US 2019/0017773 A1Spike's Tactical, LLC
- Specialized underwater pistol and ammunition for eradicating lionfish3 May 2018US 2018/0120052 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Baffled muzzle brake and seal system for submerged gun operation24US 5,966,858 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1999
- Spear gun safety device23US 9,255,765 B22016
- Underwater repeating spear gun13US 4,122,621 A1978
- Underwater side arm12US 4,077,147 A1978
- Means to fire a fully automatic gun underwater using a special barrel clearance blank round12US 5,639,982 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1997