F41C 9/08
Muzzle-loading smallarms
Official title: Muzzle-loading smallarms; Smallarms with flintlock mechanisms; Accessories therefor
F41C9/08 (Muzzle-loading smallarms) appears on 288 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41C- Granted patents
- 288
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 306
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 8 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 9 |
| 2012 | 7 | 8 |
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| 2014 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 6 |
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| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Muzzleloader power cell with primer25 Aug 2026US 12,716,683 B2
- Muzzle loader5 May 2026US 12,618,637 B2
- Firearm accessory coupling system23 Dec 2025US 12,504,255 B2Traditional Sporting Goods, Inc.
- Ramrod for a muzzleloading firearm15 Jul 2025US 12,359,888 B2Traditional Sporting Goods, Inc.
- Muzzle loading system8 Jul 2025US 12,352,530 B2
- Muzzle Loader27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251418 A1
- Electroshock bullet, replaceable barrel and corresponding weapon30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118098 A1
- Magnetic breechface assembly for muzzleloading firearm25 Sep 2025US 2025/0297829 A1
- Muzzle Loader18 Sep 2025US 2025/0290726 A1
- Muzzleloader power cell with primer5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180324 A1Federal Cartridge Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conversion of modern shotguns into muzzleloading shotguns56US 4,437,249 A1984
- Lever-operated breechblock for muzzle-loading firearm54US 6,604,311 B1Thompson Intellectual Properties, Ltd. · 2003
- Combination breech-loading to muzzle-loading firearm converting device and projectile casing53US 4,232,468 A1980
- Ramrod44US 4,890,406 AK. W. Thompson Tool Company, Inc. · 1990
- Muzzle-loaded expanding projectiles for firearms; kits for manually producing expanding projectile for muzzle-loaded firearms; and method for producing expanding muzzle-loaded projectiles44US 5,446,987 AOx-Yoke Originals, Inc. · 1995