F41G 3/06
Aiming or laying means: with rangefinder
Official title: with rangefinder (rangefinders per se G01C)
F41G3/06 (Aiming or laying means: with rangefinder) appears on 649 US grants and 698 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 649
- Published applications
- 698
- Assignees
- 255
- Inventors
- 967
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 37 | 43 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 |
| 2026 | 19 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Firearm sighting device and system25 Aug 2026US 12,716,689 B2
- Shooting device, sighting apparatus, imaging rangefinder and adjusting method thereof11 Aug 2026US 12,704,354 B2Shenzhen Ruierxing Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Viewing optic with an integrated display system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,517 B2Sheltered Wings, Inc.
- Hand-held observation device and method for obtaining a 3D point cloud9 Jun 2026US 12,650,515 B2Safran Vectronix AG
- Automated methods of collecting environmental data along a ballistic trajectory2 Jun 2026US 12,644,672 B2
- Improved Flight Path Ballistics and Display8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309462 A1Evrio, Inc.
- Variable Energy Accelerator Incorporating an Electronic Rangefinder24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287300 A1Arcflash Labs, Inc.
- Display system, aircraft and display method for displaying a virtual point of impact on a helmet display17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276346 A1Airbus Helicopters
- System for supporting a user of a hunting weapon10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266582 A1Carl Zeiss AG
- Virtual and augmented reality shooting systems and methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224995 A1Hvrt Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gunsight and reticle therefor220US 5,920,995 A1999
- Gunsight and reticle therefor220US 6,032,374 A2000
- Laser assisted telescopic target sighting system and method213US 5,491,546 A1996
- Range compensating rifle scope208US 6,269,581 B12001
- Apparatus and method for calculating aiming point information for rifle scopes184US 6,516,699 B2Horus Vision, LLC · 2003