F41G 3/02
Aiming or laying means: using an independent line of sight
Official title: using an independent line of sight
F41G3/02 (Aiming or laying means: using an independent line of sight) appears on 261 US grants and 278 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 261
- Published applications
- 278
- Assignees
- 132
- Inventors
- 489
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Firearm system that tracks points of aim of a firearm2 Jun 2026US 12,644,670 B2
- Automatic weapon subsystem selecting target, ID target, fire19 May 2026US 12,631,428 B2Advanced Weapons Systems, Inc.
- Targeting5 May 2026US 12,618,975 B2Teleplan Forsberg Limited
- Methods and systems for tracking a presumed target in a surveillance environment using an aerial-mounted scope to supplement a plurality of ground-based scopes10 Feb 2026US 12,546,566 B2
- Machine to Machine Targeting Maintaining Positive Identification1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299620 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Firearm System that Tracks Points of Aim of a Firearm24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287307 A1
- Methods and devices for obtaining a geographical coordinate for a position on the ground23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212529 A1Vantor Sweden AB
- Interactive Weapon Targeting System Displaying Remote Sensed Image of Target Area16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202174 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Passive Ranging Devices and Related Systems, Methods, and Software14 May 2026US 2026/0134586 A1Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
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- Guided fire control system151US 5,822,713 AContraves USA · 1998
- Enhanced precision forward observation system and method140US 6,064,942 ARockwell Collins, Inc. · 2000